Marcin from Zmigroda Stadnicki castellan of the Sanok lands. After recommending my services to the favor of the Majesty the Majesty of the Lord, I would like to inform you that following the first universals of the Majesty of the Russian Voivode and myself, they were able to appear in Sanok and concluded today with their readiness against the enemy of the Crown to appear where, after reiterating about the dangers, the need turned out to be, and therefore to appear out of their innate love for homeland of many of them to Sanok today, in order to receive certain information about the crown enemy, which I bring to the attention of them, that their lord Mr. the hetmans *) in the heavy siege of the pagans, are looking for help from us, who, God forbid, if they had lost the camp, the pagan who was holding on to them would have already safely entered our lands, he would not have allowed us to do so if we were not ready to make amends, and indeed he would have spent the winter here safely, as he promised. The second danger we see is that Gabor Betliem will be attacked by the army of the Emperor IMci... from the ground and from other places with wanton people... who are going to move anywhere in our times, we should probably be afraid in advance that, by the example of the recent plundering of the Sambor country, they will want to let our countries be plundered as well. Therefore, taking care of such dangers, we decided that starting tomorrow, next week, i.e. before 21 Octobris, WMc would be ready to appear at the camp between Szczawne and Kulaszne as against the enemy, where I was WM. m. m. p. p. I will be waiting, urgently asking for the defense of the glory of the Most High God, for the homeland of our rights and freedoms, for the tsar pignora that God has given us to be protected from this ugly paganism. Let not the love of the homeland of our ancestors be dead in us, let this pagan, to whom our fathers were terrible, bring us eternal disgrace... does not do so, let not our consultations and writings be used as a joke and to our destruction to make the pagans more hearted, to whom they are secret. What to do after WM. m. m. p. p. I am sure, as we ourselves have promised many of us who are present with good words, and ex re consilium capiemus, where the need for the Republic of Poland will show itself, at the persuasion of the People's Republic of Poland, it will want to act. It happened in Sanok die 13. Octobris anno 1620. Marcin Stadnicki from Zmigroda castellan of Sanok.
Frag. Castr. San. 146 p. 89—90.
■) Jan Daniłowicz. ') Stuiisjaw Żółkiewski and Stanisław Koniecpolski b. p.
in WlsHl, January 5, 1621. The Wisze sejmik elects collectors.