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The sender addresses the recipient as Monseigneur and writes that they will comply with his instruction and show the queen a letter. The sender mentions a person or matter whose details cannot be read with confidence and asks for support for it. The letter ends with a humble courtesy formula; a separate final page bears the address of an unidentified dignitary. The date, place, and sender's identity are uncertain.

King Sigismund II Augustus abolishes the old Lwów custom excluding grandchildren from inheriting from their grandparents and establishes the right of representation, equalizing their share in the inheritance with uncles and aunts. Furthermore, he entrusts the mayor and councilors of Lwów with full authority to resolve all existing inheritance disputes of this kind without the possibility of appeal to the King.

The sender addresses the Most Honorable Voivode. He writes about a matter concerning estates, a dispute, and actions taken by the addressee; he also mentions other people and asks for help. Much of the manuscript is difficult to read, so the details of the matter and names remain undetermined. The letter was dated in Radymno on 20 December 1698; the signature has been read uncertainly as Jerzy Donhoff.

Teresa Madalińska, wife of the standard-bearer of Wieluń, informs the Voivode of Ruthenia, Jan Stanisław Jabłonowski, of the unexpected death of her husband. She asks the addressee and his wife to provide her with protection and to remember her in her bereavement.

In recognition of the loyalty and sacrifices of Lwów during the wars, King John II Casimir equalizes the city and its citizens with Kraków and Wilno in terms of rights, liberties, and noble privileges. The burghers of Lwów are granted the right to participate in royal elections, attend the Sejm, and freely acquire and possess landed estates.

King Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki, at the request of the seniors of the Armenian nation, confirms the 1661 privilege of John II Casimir, which equated the city of Lwów and its citizens of Roman Catholic, Armenian, and Greek rites in rights and prerogatives with Kraków and Wilno. The burghers of Lwów obtain and retain noble rights, including the right to participate in royal elections, acquire landed estates, and parliamentary representation.

King John III Sobieski confirms the privilege of Sigismund III Vasa from 1612, which contains the confirmation of the statutes of the Lwów surgeons' guild from 1611. The document regulates the admission and examination of new masters, the rights of widows, the duties of journeymen and apprentices, and the prohibition of unauthorized competition by non-guild members (partacze).

Adam Trzebuchowski informs the Voivode of Volhynia about the arrival of the Bishop of Przemyśl in Jarosław shortly after the addressee's departure. He also makes a humble request for protection with the Castellan of Kraków regarding the admission of the Cupbearer of Przemyśl into his banner.

Katarzyna Felkerzambowa informs her brother, Jan Jabłonowski, about delivering his letter to Queen Marie Casimire and obtaining her intercession with the Lady of Kamieniec. Due to her weakened health, the monarch could not reply personally, but she sent her warm regards to the Voivode.

Jan Stanisław Jabłonowski and his wife Joanna send warm greetings to their relative and assure her of their constant love and devotion, taking the opportunity of sending a messenger. The Voivode of Ruthenia also mentions that no new developments have occurred in public affairs.