Translation / modern text
[Polish; translation pending] Wasza Ekscelencjo!
W odpowiedzi na list, którym zaszczycił mnie Pan dwunastego dnia [tego miesiąca], nie przekażę wielu wiadomości, ponieważ jest ich bardzo mało. Wszystko, co mogę dziś przesłać, to artykuł zaczerpnięty z niemieckiej gazety hamburskiej. Ponawiam życzenia składane na początku roku Waszej Ekscelencji, Pańskiej Małżonce oraz wszystkim Państwa bliskim.
Z szacunkiem pozostaję najpokorniejszym i posłusznym sługą Waszej Ekscelencji,
de Baluze.
Gdańsk, 28 grudnia 1696 roku.
Original wording — transcription
Monseigneur, En response de la lettre dont V.E. m’a honoré le 12, je ne luy manderay guère de nouvelles, parce qu’il n’y en a que très peu. Tout ce que je puis luy en fournir pour aujourd’huy, c’est un article tiré de la gazette allemande de Hambourg. Je réitère les vœux que je fais au commencement d’année pour V.E. et pour Madame, et tout ce qui leur appartient. Et je suis avec respect, Monseigneur, de V.E. le très humble et très obéissant serviteur, de Baluze. À Dantzig le 28 10bre 1696.
Reading notes
[Polish; translation pending] Datownik oryginalny: 28 10bre 1696; 10bre oznacza grudzień. Załączony wyciąg gazety otrzymał odrębny wpis 247-77. Nie jest to osobisty raport de Baluze’a z Brestu.
Lokalizacja w skanie: 132/1/247, PDF s.75–76; załącznik osobno na s.77–78.
Przekład oryginału: tak
Lokalizacja w skanie: 132/1/247, PDF s.75–76; załącznik osobno na s.77–78.
Przekład oryginału: tak
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