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Letter from Simon Białecki to Maciej Hayder regarding correspondence from the Jesuits

Simon Białecki [Semen Białecki according to the inventory] Maciej Hayder, Lviv councilor
March 17, 1647 · Warsaw

Simon Białecki sends a letter from the Jesuits to the Lviv councilor Maciej Hayder, explaining the previous delay in dispatch by the search for a reliable messenger and the hope for the addressee's personal arrival in the capital. He also expresses concern for Hayder's health, weakened by the Lenten diet, and briefly mentions official matters in Warsaw.

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Translation / modern text

[P. 33] + Most Noble Mr. Hayder, my Most Gracious Lord and dear, beloved Friend! Expecting that Your Grace, my Gracious Lord, would soon arrive in Warsaw yourself one of these days, for this reason I did not send immediately either what the Jesuit fathers had prepared, or what was from me. And also for this reason I did nothing, as a certain opportunity was not easy to find, for it almost gave me to understand that a mistake is unnecessary; however, I did not fail to send it not by just any means, but by a certain opportunity, under penalty of loss. I learned of the ailment of Your Grace, my Gracious Lord – as it happens in this Lenten time, when there is a change in health related to the change of food. Some such ailments should not be harmful, and I earnestly pray to the Lord God that the evil does not bring detriment. The Chancellor [...] The Lord God drives out widows, to whom it is fitting to be in Warsaw until those Mediotele, courts, which will not be high [...] sent the deputy, who also is not to be until, God willing, the holidays. I am sending the letter from the Jesuit fathers to Your Grace, my Gracious Lord, with which – I hope – they have secured [...] to the office, and meanwhile, I earnestly commend myself and my household to the grace and kindness of Your Grace, my Lord. From Warsaw, March 17, 1647. Your Grace's, my Gracious Lord's, well-wishing servant, Simon Białecki [P. 34, Address:] To my Most Gracious Lord and Friend, His Grace Mr. Maciej Hayder, Lviv councilor, for delivery.

Original wording — transcription

[S. 33] + M[ośći] wielce M[ośći]w[n]y Panie Hayder a moj wielce M[ośći]w[y] Panie y Przyiacielu kochany y miły. Spodziewaiąc się sam wroce diem w Warszawye w[aszej] m[oś]ci m[ego] m[ościwego] Pana po: wiedź być zatym iako od Oycow Iezuitow faktit y ode mnie nie posyłałem zaraś, ale y to nienieczo, że o taką pewną niebyło dostatania, bo dało mi zęby indi niemal znać, że omyłka bywa niepotrzebna, ale ja niepierwszą okazją, ale pewną y pod utratą nie u: mieszkałem odesłać. Dowiedziałem się o niesposobnym zdrowiu w[aszej] m[oś]ci m[ego] m[ościwego] Pana, iako to pod te czasy postne, gdzie mutatia iako to z po: dmienianiem potraw na zdrowiu bywa, niektóre infirmitates takie niemogą szkodzić, barzo a P. Boga prosząc, aby bez szwanku złe nie dawały. Jen[erał] P. Kanclerz intrata P. Bog wypędza wdowy, któremu pięknie być w Warszawie az do tych Mediotele [?], sądy k[tó]re niebędą wy: sokie [...] P. Poselski odesłał, ktory także niema być az da P. Bog na święta. List od Oycow Iezuitow posyłam do w[aszej] m[oś]ci m[ego] m[ościwego] Pana za ktorym mam nadzieję obwarowali da wradzy [zeszłe?], a w tym się łasce y miłości w[aszej] m[oś]ci mego Pana pilnie y z domowemi memi zalecam. Z Warszawy 17 Marty 1647 W[aszej] m[oś]ci m[ego] m[ościwego] Pana zyczliwy sluzebnik Simon Białecki [S. 34, adres:] Mnemu wielce Mśćiwemu Panu y przyia: cielowi J[ego] M[oś]ci Panu Macieiowi Hayderowi Raycy Lwowskiemu ad doręczeni[a].

Reading notes

On p. 33 in the upper right corner, old page numbering: "21" and an annotation in a different hand: "17/3. 1647". At the bottom of the page in pencil: "B. 29 m". On p. 34, strong ink bleed-through from the recto side is visible, as well as the remains of a wafer seal under the paper.

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