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The document is an arbitration award regulating long-standing disputes between the Lviv Cathedral Chapter and the Lviv city magistrate, concerning, among other things, Polish and German language preachers, the administration of the cathedral school, deposits and testamentary bequests, and rights to the Olchowy Mill and municipal waterworks. Under penalty of two thousand Hungarian florins, it orders the parties to observe the agreed order in perpetuity.

The document certifies the exchange of real estate performed before the Lviv juror court between Katarzyna Bieczarka and Lviv councilor Stanisław Wilczek and his wife Zofia. Under the agreement, Bieczarka transfers a tenement house in the Lviv Market Square in exchange for the Wilczek couple's house located on Piekarska Street.

Chełm land judge Feliks Snopkowski and deputy judge Jan Ożarowski certify the exchange of estates between the Voivode of Ruthenia and Starosta of Chełm, Jan of Tęczyn, and the Bishop of Chełm. The subject of the agreement was the exchange of the village of Głowicze for the village of Przeworsk (Przewały).

The sender addresses “gracious Lords,” probably representatives of the Lwów magistracy or aldermen, and wishes them good health. He then discusses his own matter and asks for attention or assistance, but damage and uncertain legibility prevent the precise request from being established. The signature and archival cover tentatively associate the letter with Samuel Drużkowski of Orlik. The closing date refers to St James’s Day in 1593; the place of composition is unknown. Page 3 carries the address on the folded sheet.

King Augustus II confirms the ancient privileges of the Polish monarchs granted to the Shooting (Kurkowe) Brotherhood in Lwów, regulating the brotherhood's income, tax exemptions for the 'Shooting King', and the organization of shooting exercises. He also orders the return of the shooting range (Celstat) area occupied by the Crown artillery and establishes an annual schedule for exercises with handguns, arquebuses, and cannons.

King Augustus III confirms the ancient privileges and immunities of the Shooting Brotherhood of the city of Lwów, granted and confirmed by his predecessors: Sigismund Augustus, Henry Valois, Sigismund III, John Casimir, Michael Korybut, John III Sobieski, and Augustus II. The confirmation includes, among others, the collection of a fee called 'szpaszne', a share in customs revenues, tax privileges and exemptions for the Shooting King, the order of shooting exercises, and the return of the occupied shooting range (celstat).

Bogdan Daniełowicz asks Forbes to provide goods on credit to him and his brother until an agreed deadline. A representative of Manuk is to conclude the contract. The order includes karasy [reading of the name uncertain], eight pairs of velvet trimmings, half green and half black, marked 'numerum 70', and half a piece of good French green cloth.

Hetman Stanisław Jan Jabłonowski rebukes his son, Jan Stanisław, for publicly insulting the Crown Referendary Stanisław Szczuka and threatening to block his indygenat (naturalization) in Prussia. The father encloses the aggrieved party's complaint and orders his son to control his vengefulness, exercise discretion, and reconcile with the Referendary in Warsaw.