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Letter from Marcin Kątski to Jan Stanisław Jabłonowski regarding the regiment

Marcin Kątski asks the Voivode of Volhynia to take the officers under his protection and to ensure, during the commission, that both parts of his regiment are united. He explains his absence in Ruthenia by domestic problems and his wife's illness.

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Translation / modern text

[P. 2] Most Illustrious, Most Gracious Lord and Brother! Being unable, due to great domestic difficulties, especially due to the weakness of my wife's health, to be present now in the Ruthenian lands, I recommend and entrust to Your Grace's protection, my [Gracious?] Lord, the officers of my regiment, humbly requesting that you might deign to use your persuasion at the current commission so that the half of my regiment, which until now has been receiving its pay in the Sochaczew land with the greatest hardship, could be joined with the other half and together in the voivodeships [Note at the bottom in a different hand:] f. 12a To His Grace the Voivode of Volhynia. [P. 4] 2 To Her Grace the Voivodess, our [Lady], most Gracious Lord, it is a lie that in this postscript [there is] a witness, and even to Your Grace, my Lord, the heart did not suffice; it was said once, when there were small exercises: is it time to go to Lviv? I, however, do not know why I am judged so: yours, for God's sake, lead out and do not stand there, for you will ruin yourself through double pay in the Sochaczew land, as long as they do not have the regiment together. [P. 5, address:] + To the Most Illustrious His Grace the Voivode of Volhynia, my most Gracious Lord and Benefactor, it is due. In Lviv. [Pencil annotation next to the address:] f. 12(a)

Original wording — transcription

[S. 2] Jasnie Wielmozny Mnie Wielce M[ości]wy Panie i Bracie Nie mogąc dla wielkich trudnosci domowych o- sobliwie dla słabosci zdrowia Zony moiey znaydowac się teraz w kraiach Ruskich Zalecam y oddaię pod protekcyią W[aszej] M[ości] M[ego] [Miłościwego?] P[an]a Pana, Panow Officerow Regimentu mego, Upraszaiąc unizenie abyś im perwazyą swo- ią sprawić to raczył na komissyy tera- znieyszey iakoby połowica Regimentu mego ktora do tego czasu w Ziemi Socha- czewskiey cum summa penuria od- biera zasługi swoie, mogła być złączona z drugą połowicą y pospołu w Woiewodztwa- ch [Dopisek u dołu inną ręką:] k. 12a Do J[ego]m[ości] P[ana] W[ojewo]dy Wołynskie[go]. [S. 4] 2 Iey Msc[i] Pani Woiewodziney naszey wielce Mści Panie zadaie kłamstwo ze w przypisku tey świadek, y samum WMMPanu serca nie stało mowiono kiedys gdy małe egzerce czas iść do Lwowa? Ja zas nie wiem dla czego iestem tak decretowany twoie dla Boga wyprowadz i nie stoy tam bo sie zruinuy samm przez powtorkę płatę w Ziemie S:- chaczewskiey do pospołu tedy maią Regiment [S. 5, adres:] + Jasnie Wielmoznemu J[eg]om[o]ść[i] Panu Woiewodzie Wołynskiemu Moiemu wielce M[ościwe]mu Panu y Dobrodzieiowi nalezy. we Lwowie. [Adnotacja ołówkiem obok adresu:] k. 12(a)

Reading notes

Page 1 (p. 2 PDF) written by a secretary's hand (breaks off mid-sentence at the bottom: 'in the Voivodeship- / ch'), while page 2 (p. 4 PDF, marked at the top with the digit '2') constitutes a handwritten addition/continuation by the author himself (holograph of Marcin Kątski), written in a hurried ductus, without a closing formula or signature. The addressee appears as the Voivode of Volhynia, which indicates the period 1693–1697 (before Jan Jabłonowski took over the Ruthenian Voivodeship).
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