Translation / modern text
[Most honorable] Lords, I have received your request concerning the townhouse you rented as a residence [place and continuation uncertain]. The sender presents his position and discusses continued use of the townhouse and the payments for it. The details of the decision, the people involved, and some sentences are illegible and cannot safely be reconstructed.
Most likely: Połonne, 23 August 1688.
Original wording — transcription
[Nagłówek, odczyt niepewny:] W Połonn[e?] d. 23 Augusti 1688.
Moi wielce [—] Panowie.
[O]debrany? Jmci Panów postulatum strony kamienicy, którą do mieszkania sobie najmowali w [Nieborze? — nazwa miejscowości niepewna]. [Wspomniany Jmć Pan; nazwisko nieczytelne], za rzecz słuszną [—]. [—] Jmci Panom sensum meum. Naprzód [—]. [—] post [—] pomienionego Jmci, quid [—]. [—] Jmci w mieście [—], a consequenter [—].
[—] onej w usum [—] Jmci [—]. [—] że jej nie będzie [—] bez kamienicy [—]. W zimie [—] [—], może [—]. [—] dalej płacić od onej tak, jako [—]. [—] in quantum [—].
[Końcowe zdania w większości nieczytelne; widoczne m.in. słowa «Jmci Panów» oraz «w defekta onej»].
[Odwrocie karty: krótki dopisek/endorse, częściowo zatarty i niepewny; nie włączono go do tekstu listu.]
[Podpis nadawcy nieustalony.]
Reading notes
Three scan images were examined: the cover, the sheet with the text, and its reverse. The archival form on the cover gives 23 August 1688; the letter’s salutation appears to indicate Połonne, but the place-name is uncertain. The letter reveals the subject of the addressees’ request concerning a townhouse rented for residential use, as well as references to its use and payments. The handwriting is heavily obscured by show-through from the other side, and some words and entire sentences remain illegible. The sender, addressees, and town where the townhouse was located could not be identified with confidence. The note on the reverse was treated as a separate annotation, not as a continuation of the letter.