Translation / modern text
[P. 60]
Sir, my dearest brother!
You should see now how much I love you, when I look for you in every corner and find nothing but sadness and the distance of all my contentment. Spending whole days on this, it is only right, my dear brother, that you should at least dedicate an hour to this out of grati-
[P. 62]
-tude, and for me, this little hour will bring great relief. I have sent various news to Your Grace, among which is how [...] Her Ladyship the aunt caused a quarrel between me and the Jewish winemaker, whose friendship she valued immensely. Consider, Your Grace, my Lord, whether I should look for anything else now but burial, and in [...] contentment.
[P. 63]
I was told that Her Ladyship the Voivodess of Bełz had intervened and spoken against me before the sejmik. I do not believe this, but it is nevertheless probable.
[P. 61]
I already know that I love no one among the suitors, only my dear brotherly blood, whom I embrace a million times. Your Grace, my Lord, you may also still be [...] for reasons, or perhaps just in the company of the brothers, if you do not change your favor towards her who will die, unchangingly, Your Grace my Lord's heart-loving sister and humble servant,
Anna Leszczyńska
[P. 64, address:]
To His Excellency the Voivode of Volhynia, My Dearest Brother
Original wording — transcription
[S. 60]
Monsieur mon tres cher
frere
Dopierobyście teraz wydzieli
iako was kocham kiedy was
po kątach chwytam a nic nie
nayduię tylko smutky a od
ległosc wszystkiego mego ukon
tentowania nad tem tedy
całe dni trawiąc słuszna
moy kochany brateńku
zebys przynaymniey po godzi
nie na to czynił przez wdzię-
[S. 62]
cznosc mnie zas ta godzinka
wielkie przyniesie soulagement.
Nowiny rozne wysłałam
do W[aszej] Dobrodzieia między
ktoremy ta iako mię croutement [?]
J[ej]m[ość] ciotka pokłóciła
z Zydem winiarzem kto
rego przyiazń niezmiernie
sobie estimowała. Uwaz ze
J[ego] M[ość] M[ój] Pan ieżeli mnie
iuz czego inszego szukac
tylko zagrzebania a w chrze
sciszu [?] ukontentowania.
[S. 63]
Powiedzieli mi ze J[ej]m[ość] wojewody
na bełska miała sie przy
mieszac do roznych przed se
ymikiem na mnie rozmowiac.
Temu nie wierze ale przecie
iest do tego podobieństwo.
[S. 61]
iuz wiem ze nikogo z fatygantow nie
kocham ieno moie serdeczno brateń
kowe ktorą milion razy sciskam.
J[ej]m[ość] M[ój] Pan jeszcze mozesz takze byc
tumigne [?] z przyczyn albo tez tylko
w kompaniy z braciszkami ieżeli
nie odmienisz łasky swoiey przeciwko
tey ktora umrze nieodmienno
J[ego] M[ości] M[ego] Pana z serca
kochaiącą siostro y unizoną
sług[ą]
Anna Leszczynska
[S. 64, adres:]
A Son Excellence
Monsieur le Pa
latin de Volhy
nie Mon tres
cher Frere
Reading notes
The page order in the PDF file is disrupted relative to the flow of the text: p. 60 (incipit, marked with the old number 40) continues on p. 62 (old number 41, continuation of the sentence with a line break: 'grati-' / 'tude'), then p. 63 (verso of leaf 41: 'I was told...'), p. 61 (conclusion of the letter with the closing formula and the author's signature), and p. 64 constitutes the address leaf (marked with number 42). In the text, the author uses French (address phrases, the word 'soulagement'). The mentioned sejmik allows one to infer the political background.
Other letters in this unit
- Letter to a brother from Rydzyna, 12 May 1696
- Letter to the Voivode of Volhynia from Krotoszyn, 27 December 1698
- Letter to a brother, PDF pp. 9–11
- Letter to the Voivode of Volhynia and starosta of Bila Tserkva
- Letter from Anna Leszczyńska to her brother Jan Stanisław Jabłonowski regarding reconciliation with the Queen
- Letter from Anna Leszczyńska to Jan Stanisław Jabłonowski regarding the Swedish threat
- Letter to the Palatine and General of the Ruthenian lands
- Letter to the Voivode of Ruthenia
- Letter to the Voivode of Volhynia
- Letter from Anna Leszczyńska to her brother Jan Jabłonowski regarding domestic worries and misfortunes
- Anna Jabłonowska to Jan Jabłonowski regarding Swedish unrest and the recommendation of a servant
- Letter from Anna Leszczyńska to her brother Jan Jabłonowski regarding health issues and travel plans
- Letter from Anna Jabłonowska to Jan Jabłonowski requesting the return of a friend
- Anna Katarzyna Leszczyńska to Jan Stanisław Jabłonowski regarding political and family matters
- Letter from Anna Leszczyńska to her brother Jan Stanisław Jabłonowski regarding longing and gossip
- Anna Katarzyna Leszczyńska to Jan Stanisław Jabłonowski regarding her despair and journey
- Letter from Anna Leszczyńska to her brother Jan Jabłonowski regarding false suspicions
