privata authoritate is done in various ways by ordinary people, promovebunt pp. the deputies, so that they would be preserved in their jurisdictions in accordance with the constitution of 1633 and the tribunal decrees. The superiors will also try to ensure that they do not suffer any further harm and burden on the Jews ab assignatariis, who come to them with assignments. afterword. 105. Seriously instabunt pp. deputies, that people of the Arian sect should not perform exercitia religionis in accordance with the constitution. 106. Cities and towns in our voivodeship, succumbing to the government, being close to their collapse, being an outstanding pp. our deputies are to have promotionem in suis desideriis and these are Przemyśl, Sanok, Krosno, Stryj, Szczec, Wiśnia, Brzozów, Komarno, Gródek, Gołogóry, Jaworów, which are asking that they be allowed rights, liberties, per consensum ordinum granted and conferred, in vim gratitudinis granted against you and the rzptej during the enemy's incursions, faith, virtue and courage remained integrally. Secondly, for the destruction and abolition of the increased public taxes (as Stryj) for the oppressed MPs, they ask for relief and the restoration of old customs, and all so that they can be freed from this burden that they bear from their MPs. writers' banners, when for the sake of station or writing inns with grants for positions, arriving at great costs and expenses beyond the city's custom, they work hard also for these cities and towns to have a conservation and libertacy ratione desertatorum et conflagratorum under the future taxes of the old law, and in the former they will also want to grant relief to empty lands, ad disposilionem fisci, without being able to in ea vastitate per omnem to pay out at all (as Grodek) possibilitatam. 107. It is all in accordance with the fact that the marshal of our circle has given them all these articles and our desideria to the books of our Lviv, Przemyśl and Sanok town lands with the signature of his hand and his seal. It happened in Wiśnia on the twenty-eighth of February anno Domini millesimo sexcentesimo quinquagesimo nono. Hieronim from Orzechów Orzechowski, judge of the Sanok lands, marshal of the Wiszyn sejmik at that time. Castr. Prem. Rei. 387 p. 415-441; Castr. Sanoc. Rei. 171 p. 500-533; Castr. Leop. Rei. 407. p. 429-454.
Lviv, March 7, 1659. Protestation against the Wisła sejmik1).
1. Actum in castro leopoliensi feria sexta post dominicam invocavit quaadragesimalem proxima. Anno Domini millesimo sexcentesimo quinquagesimo nono. Ad officium actaque praesentia castrensia capitanealia leopoliensia personaliter veniens generosus Andreas Kuropatnicki sollennem fecit protestationem de nullitate conventus particularis visnensis nuper in ordine ad comitia regni varsaviensia proxime venturo celebrati, idque in eo. 2. Dum protestans stando circa leges publicas et liberam vocem statui equestri debitam, quae inter alia fundamentala basis censeri potest, protestante namirum circa citationes comitiales ex instantia instigatoris regni et illustris magnifici palatini kiioviensis!) atque generosi Alexandri Garczynski contra certas personas in praefato conventu particulari visnensi existentes axtraditas, vigore constitutionis eo nomine sancitae sesse opponeret neve contra ea mandate citationum quidpiam statueretur declararet et si quid in contrarium conscriberetur, de invaliditate actus memorati et internuntiorum citationibus praefatis ad comitia regni procreatorum protestarelur, atque ne calculus de proventibus publicis vigore decreti commisorialis lublinensis in comitiis regni proximis praestari debitis, laudo praefato in diminutionem thesauri constituto et de legę subsistere non valente, immo in convulsionem authoritatis commis-
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sorialis impedialur praecaveret et ipsi nihilominus non tam publicis quatn privatis intendendo rationibus contra praefata mandate comitialia hac ratione quo facilius obtenta evitare possent, articulum eo iii passu legł publicae contrarium constituerunt, internuntios partim ad comitia regni generalia citatos parlim proventus publici exactores cum quibus actio ex decreto commissoriali lublinensi proxime praeterito ad comitia regni futura remissa est eligere destinarunt, attestationes praeiudiciosas proventibus reipublicae, cum iam faciendo calculo contradictum sit, extradi sibi affectabant, laudorum in diminutionem proventuum confectorum et constitutione in comitiis proxime praeteritis cassatorum reassumptionem atque confirmationem conscribi urgebant. 3. Proinde inhaerendo protestationi suae in praefato conventu visnensi publice factae et ad praesens de nullitate eorum omnium iterum atque iterum protestatur, offerendo se etiam in comitiis regni generalibus futuris eandem protestationem illaturum et fusius omnia in comitiis regni declaraturum. Castr. Leop. 407 p. 315-316.