Translation / modern text
Esteemed Councillors of Lviv, my friends!
I have always tried to serve you whenever I could meet your requests, and I assure you that you will continue to find me ready to help. I know that through your ability you have done and continue to do much to defend the dignity of the monarch and of the entire Commonwealth; gratitude is due to you for this.
Concerning the six thousand złotys for which you now require a receipt from me: since I took that sum from you as a loan on the credit of the Commonwealth treasury, you should receive a receipt for that sum [the sentence is elliptical]. If, however, you charge it to the maintenance of myself and my men during our stay in Lviv, [the following expression is somewhat unclear] that well befits you, since you are not accustomed to err in any matter. Although you thereby place me in a difficult position/cast doubt on the matter [the sense of dubium is provisional], I leave this to your consideration.
As regards the complaints against Mr Radwański, I have already admonished him repeatedly to desist from such conduct and give no grounds for further complaints. I promise to admonish him again in writing and also to rebuke him in person after my arrival in Lviv, which I expect soon, God willing.
I believe that Captain Krzy[s]ki [?], of whom you also complain, will likewise no longer give grounds for further grievances. [The sentence concerning his stay at the High Castle is syntactically unclear; the precise meaning of the announcement has not been established.]
Concerning the iron taken, I am writing to Radwański to arrange a settlement convenient to you [?]. After my arrival in Lviv I promise promptly to deal with the question of the weight of all the iron [the final action has not been securely deciphered]. Meanwhile I commend my services to your favour.
Camp outside Toruń, 9 October 1658.
Your well-wishing friend and servant,
Krzysztof Grodzicki.
Address: to the councillors of the royal city of Lviv.
Original wording — transcription
Mnie Wielce mosci PP Rayce Lwowscy, MM PP y Przyiaciele.
Gdziem mogł zawsze affectacyey Wmś MM PP moie accommodować usługi, tem zawsze usiłował, y że mię Wmś MM PP zawsze nieodmownego zastaniecie też zaręczey. Wiem ia że Wmś MM PP pro sua dexteritate ku zaszczyceniu dostoieństwa Pańskiego y całey Rzeczypospolitey wieleście czynili y czynicie, zkąd winna Wmś MM PP debetur gratitudo.
Co strony szesciu tysięcy złotych, na ktore Wmś MM PP teraz ode mnie potrzebuiecie kwitu, ia rozumiem że ieżelim te sześć tysięcy złotych od Wmś MM PP wziął pożyczanym sposobem in fidem skarbu Rzeczypospolitey, toście Wmś MM PP na tę summę otrzymać iuż kwit. Ieśli też to Wmś MM PP kładziecie na sustentament moy z ludźmi, iakom natenczas zostawał we Lwowie, y to dobrze przystać Wmś MM PP, ktorzy w żadney rzeczy nie zwykliście errare. Zkąd lubo mi Wmś MM PP dubium zadawać raczycie cale, ia iednak Wmś MM PP zlecam to reflexyey.
A że Wmś MM PP na Pana Radwańskiego uskarżać raczycie, iużem ia o to nieraz napominał Jm aby takowych zaniechał rzeczy, nie dawaiąc dalszych okazyi do skarg. O co listownie oraz napomnieć y sam da-li Bog za przyiazdem do Lwowa, ktory prędki bydź spodziewam, napomnieć y zganić to Panu Radwańskiemu obiecuie.
[s. 3] A rozumiem że y Pan Capitan Krzy[s]ki [?], na ktorego też Wmś MM PP uskarżać się raczycie, nie będzie dawał ansam do dalszych skarg, lubo Wmś MM PP kiedy na Wysokim zamku zostawał iuż nie będzie [składnia niepewna].
Co strony wziętego żelaza Wmś MM PP piszę ia o tym do Pana Radwańskiego, żeby pro commoditate Wmś MM PP ktory comp[u]t [?] był Wmś MM PP uczyniony. Wagi wszystkiego za przyiazdem da-li Bog moim do Lwowa, że iey Wmś MM PP zniosę [?], nie mieszkanie obiecuie. A teraz posługi moie zalecam łasce Wmś MM PP.
W obozie pod Toruniem d. 9 8bris 1658.
W[a]szy […] życzliwy Przyiaciel y sługa
Krzysztof Grodzicki [skrót urzędu nieodczytany].
[Adres s. 4:] Mnie Wielce mosciwym PP Przyiaciołom Ichm PP Raycom miasta JKM Lwowa pilnie należy.
Reading notes
All four pages were viewed: one letter with an address, without enclosures. No earlier translation apart from metadata. The notation 8bris means October; 9 October 1658 agrees with the cover. Six thousand is written in words; it is not six hundred. A loan on the treasury’s credit and alternatively charging the sum to the unit’s maintenance are two possible classifications of the same sum, not two payments. Actual issuance of a receipt has not been established. The formula toście... otrzymać is elliptical; it has not been represented as confirmation that a receipt had already been issued. The captain’s surname is uncertain; he has not been identified with a known individual. The conclusion about the iron account is partly undeciphered; no weight or amount has been supplied. The promise to admonish and announcement of arrival do not prove their fulfilment.