Translation / modern text
Esteemed Mr Clerk!
The king is not leaving soon. I am sending money through my court under-equerry. Please have work continue on the walls and put other tasks aside for now. Bringing the house into proper condition is more urgent; the other things can also be done in winter. If money should run short now, please advance it temporarily so that the workers do not stand idle. I shall certainly send money through the brother. Please send the letter on to Mr Wociakowski [?]. I commend myself to your favour. I shall write more fully about everything in another letter.
Sieciechów, 9 September 1634.
Your affectionate friend and servant, Stanisław Grochowski, Archbishop of Lviv.
Address: Wojciech Zimnicki, Lviv town clerk.
Original wording — transcription
Mci Panie Pisarzu.
Krol Jego Mci nie rychło wyieżdża. Ja posyłam przez Jego Mci Pana Podkoniuszego nadwornego mego pieniądze. Proszę niech około murow robią, a w inszych tam rzeczach supersedować; pilnieysza rzecz iest aby kamienica in suo esse stanęła, a insze rzeczy mogą y zimie robić. Gdzieby teraz niedostawało pieniędzy, proszę racz WM wygodzić, żeby nie proznowali; pewnie poślę pieniądze przez P. Brata. Jego Mci Panu Wociakowskiemu [odczyt niepewny] list WM odesli. Przy tym się łasce WM oddaię. W inszym liście szerzey o wszystkich rzeczach.
W Sieciechowie die 9 7bris 1634.
WM życzliwy przyiaciel y sługa Stanisław z Grochowiec Grochowski Arcyb[iskup] Lwow[ski].
[Adres s. 6:] Jego Mci Panu Wojciechowi Zimnickiemu Pisarzowi Mieyskiemu Lwowskiemu, M MP y Przyiacielowi należy.
Reading notes
PDF p. 5: letter; p. 6: address; p. 15: later copy of the same letter.
7bris means September. The surname Wociakowski remains uncertain even after comparison with the copy; it has not been normalised to Wojciechowski. No amount is given, and completion of a transfer or loan is not established. In suo esse is rendered as bringing the building into proper condition, without adding a specific technical stage.
7bris means September. The surname Wociakowski remains uncertain even after comparison with the copy; it has not been normalised to Wojciechowski. No amount is given, and completion of a transfer or loan is not established. In suo esse is rendered as bringing the building into proper condition, without adding a specific technical stage.