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Johan Bruis informs Arthur Forbes about the successful delivery of letters to the Aikenhead gentlemen and their dispatch to Gdańsk by Jakub Thomson. The letter concludes with greetings from the recipient's child and sister-in-law.

The author sends the recipient 150 florins via an intermediary; another 150 florins were handed over to a third party for purchase or trade [term uncertain]. He confirms receipt of a silver sword. The names of the intermediaries and further details of the settlements remain partially illegible.

King Sigismund I settles a dispute between the Lviv city council and Kazimierz Hynek, ruling that by virtue of a prior privilege, Hynek retains lifetime possession of the Zimna Woda mill. Only after his death will the Lviv burghers be able to exercise their hereditary right and redeem the mill from his successors for a specified sum.

Gregory asks for his handwritten document to be sent to Mr Forbes in connection with plans to leave for Gdańsk and promises payment. He explains his delay by unrecoverable debts and cites Bell and Thomson as witnesses.

Alexander Pait informs the Lviv merchant Arthur Forbes about sending two money orders totaling 963 florins, as instructed by James Carmichael. He also requests the recipient to carry out Carmichael's further instructions upon receipt of the shipments.