Stephanus dei gratia rex Polooiae Magnus dux Lithvaniae, Russiae, Prussiae, Masoviae, Samogitiae, Livoniae etc. Transsilvaniae princeps.
ł\everendissimo reverendis magnificis generosis et nobilibus uniyersis et singulis terrarum Russiae senatoribus, praefectis, dignitariis caeteraeque nobilitati univer.sae sincere et fideliter nobis dilectis gratiam nostram regiam. Reverendissimi, reverendi, magnifiei, generosi nobiles sincere nobis dilecli. Non libenter inteileximus cum superioribus diebus conventum Yisnensem ediseramuj, ac Tero quia armis insolitis vim ac seditionem prae se ferentibus contra kges eo yenissent, iafectum eum ob id fuisse. Etsi autem ita observari sciamus, ut qui vocati non venerint alios, quominus quae statuenda sint staluant, impedire non possint, quemadmodum tamen omnibus aliis rebus libenter ostendimus, quanti earum terrarum noslrarum nobilitatem faciamus, quae ad omnes barbarorum impetus excipiendos prae celeris maxime exposila est, ita in hac quoque praetermittere Yoluimus, quin abundantioris amoris noslri erga eam testificandi causa conventum restaurareoius, eu-i que ad diem yigesimam mensis Decembris denuo edicimus'). Hortamus igitur mandamusque omnibus et singulis, ut ad praefalam diem pro se quisque conventum eum obeat, ita autem obeat, ne ullis in vel cum armis insidias ot sedilionem aut violenciam prae se ferentibus eo veniat causamque quo denuo conventu3 ip.se quemadmoiuiu antego solvatur ullam praebeat, secus pro gratia nostra ac paena in legibus constilula nemo faciet. Grodnae die XXV mensis No-YCmbris anno domini MDLXXXIV regni noslri anno nono. stephanus rex,
Indium. Decr. Caslr. San. 322 p. 599.
In Lviv, January 7, 1587. Confederation of the Ruthenian Voivodeship.
1. Since our king and I have left this world, the royal duty for which justice, common peace and protection is due to us according to common laws, up to the point of freely choosing another lord, is increased, then we, the clergy, lay dignitaries, officials, knights, all, cities of the Russian Voivodeship, who, out of love of the Polish People's Republic for Lviv, come together voluntarily ad diem septimam lanuarii in Anno Domini 158 septimo gathered*), devising and establishing a good and safe KzpUej for the voivodeship that decided so. 2. Since the foundations of all the Republic are the laws on which they stand and are in order, we promise to stand firmly by them under our faith and honesty, and we vow, according to the duty of our ancestors made in Anno Domini 1438 in Nowe Miasto Korczyna, salva quoque confoederatione generali warschoviensi de dissidentibus in
>) There are no resolutions of this assembly in the town records. However, what is known is the vote of the Lviv standard-bearer Jan Herburt, named at this local council. Czuczyński's Sejm Diaries of 1685, ed. comm. h. ak. Know how. bar 60, pp. 404—417. ') The congress was convened by voivode Stanisław Żółkiewski with a message dated. from Winniki, December 23, 1586 v. in order to devise security during the interregna, especially when these countries suffered the hand of the pagan. G. Tremb. 97. p. 846. •) This confederation was established in Korczyn on April 25, 1438. Cod. ep. II. N. 248.