that in this no harm was done to the law because it was not a new feudum but a homagium that was granted, because he established the entire et non interruplum ius, the Duke of Courland and his son-in-law will try to obtain it. our deputies and seriously admonish that the Duke of Courland, at this or the next Sejm, God willing, should show his right to this feudum if he had legitimum et non interruplum jus for it, because this is a matter of the Council's certo non constat, and if it is recognized that he has a just and good right, there should be approval for it from the whole Council. And if there were any dubietas, this investiture would have no importance. 26. Departure J, kr. He goes beyond the borders of his country, although we know that he was ex causa legittima to provide for the health on which the health of our Republic depends, but since we consider this exemplum to be harmful to our homeland, we entrust Mr. to our MPs, that the law should be made so that such departures of King His Majesty from the Crown would not be in posterum sine consensu omnium ordinum, and not only of King His Majesty but also the domus regiae, and if anyone was found who would advise King His Majesty without the permission of the council and information of the omnium ordinum to leave the countries abroad and go with King His Majesty himself, everyone would be ipso facto infamis. 26. Our voivodeship sees a great contribution to the army in this regard, if the electors according to the constitution of the late p. King JMoi Stephan anno 1578 adopted*) from all cities and towns, not only royal districts, try to get it done by Mr. our deputies will ensure that this right comes to its fruition by complying in hoc delectu from cities and towns to the former statute on sending cities to war and to the declaration of this in the constitution of Anne 1620 on a popular uprising*). And for an even bigger auction of these chosen ones, please ask them, Mr. clergy to allow the elect to choose from their goods only for this Turkish war, if God forbid it comes. In order for this constitution to come to execution sooner, please try to do so. Our deputies are to have the local court, each in his own district, in accordance with the constitution, lustrate and inspect the elected members as quickly as possible, which the tenutarii of the Kielsko estates which they will come to defend do not have, sub paena centum marcarum. And those subjects whom they will examine will be vietum sufficienlem suppeditare; forum cum tenutariis if they defended this lustration at the tribunal. 27. It was long ago stipulated in various constitutions that the quarter should not be devoted to anything other than a quarter soldier, so we entrust this to Mr. our deputies, that it should be stipulated that, as before, so now, a quarter soldier with interest on his quarter belonging to a fixed period of time should be paid in Lviv, and a separate allowance, when the Council of Ministers decides for us any other taxes, and the quarter captains of the mayor's office should be specified. Please also try to do so. Our deputies want the quarter to be received not in Rawa but in Lviv, or at least according to the law of Mr. the deputies designated to collect the quarter took it to Lviv themselves. 28. The cannon near Smolensk was taken away and where has it gone? Non constant Reipublicae, pp. our envoys are to learn about it, and since the Crown contributed much more to the war in Moscow than the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, they should try to obtain it. our envoys will be there to ensure that a significant number of people receive this cannon in the Crown Caucus; also those works that died King His Majesty Sigismund the Third was married on the Moscow expedition near Smolensk so that they could return to the Crown. 29. In admiration* it is our province that the city of Gdańsk, contrary to universae consensum Reipublicae, stubbornly refuses to allow maritime customs duties; try for it pp. our envoys will be there so that it can come to its fruition, and if, as we have information, an arrangement between King His Majesty and the city of Gdańsk regarding these duties, they will try to arrange for Mr. our deputies, so that for the next sejmiks, the general sejm, the following one, would be sent in advance, so that the entire Republic of Poland could be seen, if it would be to the benefit or detriment of the Republic of Poland. And that the good part of this customs duty is chosen by the mercimoniis from those passing through Piława, Messrs. will be informed. our representatives, as long as this does not result in any harmful condition for the Republic of Poland, if you benefit from these
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