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Anxiety after hearing of an insult

The marquis asks the recipient to check a report he heard about an insult by Mr Cast[ellan].

AI-assisted edition. Working transcription of a short letter; uncertain passages are marked. Readings must be checked against the original.

Translation / modern text

Sir. I leave it to Your Excellency to understand the anxiety I am in, after hearing yesterday evening from Mr Cast[ellan] of [surname illegible] [uncertain passage; perhaps: that he had scorned me]. I ask you to have news of this matter obtained for me. Embracing you with a sincere kiss, let this be enough to convince you that I remain entirely, Sir, Your Excellency’s most humble and obedient servant, the Marquis d’Arquian. Lviv, 23 March 1699. [Address:] To His Excellency Mr Cast[ellan] of [reading uncertain], Grand Hetman of the Crown, etc.

Original wording — transcription

Monsieur. Je laisse à comprendre à Vostre Excellence l’inquiétude où je suis, après avoir hier au soir de Monsieur le Castellan de [nom illisible] entendu [passage difficile; peut-être: qu’il m’a méprisé], et vous supplie de m’en faire donner des nouvelles, et vous embrassant d’un véritable baiser, c’est assez pour vous persuader que je suis parfaitement, Monsieur, de V.E. le très humble et très obéissant serviteur, Le Marquis d’Arquian. A Leopole ce 23e mars 1699. [Adresse:] À Son Excellence Monsieur le Castellan de [lecture incertaine], Grand General de la Couronne, etc.

Reading notes

Pp. 6–7 are the envelope and its verso; the letter is on p. 8. The castellan’s surname and the account of the reported insult are uncertain.
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