Krzysztof Krause to Robert Forbes regarding the debt of the Lviv Jewish elders

[P. 7] My dearly beloved Forbes, Your Grace, my Lord and Brother! I earnestly request – although I have learned [...] – to send the document to His Grace Mr. Arthur regarding the Lviv Jewish elders, who owe as much as 300 florins. Please, let His Grace Arthur not release them from Jarosław until they pay, even if it requires giving 100 florins from that amount as a fee. He has already ceded to one [...] he will return, they will return, he will place. Your Grace's entirely devoted brother and humble servant, Krzysztof Krause, by his own hand. Given in Kraków, on the 26th of August, 1626. [P. 8, Address:] To His Grace Mr. Robert Forbes, my brother

[S. 7] Mnie wielce Kochany Forbes J[ego] M[o]ść Mospanie y Bracie Wielce upraszam acz dowiedziałem sie membraną J[ego] M[o]ść Pana Arturowi posłać na Żydow starszych lwowskich na kthorz[ych] wielce winni fl[orenow] 300 y onych z Jarosławia niech J[ego] M[o]ść Artur prosi nie wypuszcza aż zapłacą choć dać z tego Honorarium fl[orenow] 100 już jednemu odstąpił te jaskie do ktorej się [caknay?] odda, oddal postawi. Wierności W[aszej] M[iłości] cale życzliwy brath i uniżony sługa Krzysztof Krause m[anu] p[ropri]a. Dat[um] z Kr[akowa] die 26 Aug[usti] 1626 [S. 8, adres:] A Monsieur Monsieur Robert Forbes Mon Frere