Part 12

■in our land, we established and relieved them as follows: Kasamiirzód pay the main toll at the warehouse in Suceava «) for cloth, for each fine of the same, three groszy [Moldavian or Polish?]. And for Tatar goods ^) like this:. silk, pepper, kamcha "), Greek kvass, when they buy it in Suceava, they pay there, [at the main toll] in Suceava, three groszy on each fine of the same. And when they buy Tatar goods in other cities, then they pay where they buy them, two groszy per fine, and in Suceava even in this case three groszy per fine and they are allowed to sell whoever goes to Lviv pays one grosz for cattle, one grosz for ten pigs, one grosz for ten sheep, six grosz for each horse, six grosz for each horse, one grosz for each hundred fox skins, ten grosz for each hundred gray sheep skins, two grosz for each hundred lamb skins, fifteen groszy from a hundred cattle skins. And who goes to the Tatarska [vol. j. Turkish] land, he pays from 12 halters ") weighing one silver ruble in Suceava, thirty groszy in Iasi, and half a silver ruble in Biały Gród "'). and laoby did not go to Bialygród, he is to pay in Tygin ") the same as in Bialygród, apart from transports '*), and also for the guard twelve groszy per cart. And whoever drives cattle to the Tatars '*) pays four groszy per hundred at the main toll in Suceava, in Iasi '*) two groszy per head and in Tygin two groszy per head; and per hundred sheep in 60 groszy in Suceava, thirty groszy in Iasi and thirty groszy in Tygin. And this is the toll for those who go to the Tatars. And the cloths [brought, of course, by Lviv merchants, etc.] are to be sold at the warehouse in Suceava, because [Lviv merchants, etc.] But with this money [vol. j. with the money obtained from the sale of dresses] they are allowed to go and haggle in all our markets and buy whatever they find. And if they wanted to take their cloth to Hungary and Basarab [vol. j. if they wanted to transport them only through Moldovan countries, they have the right to do so without any obstacles. But whoever takes his cloth to Basarab, must pay three groszy for each fine at the main toll in Suceava, and two groszy for each fine at the border in Bąków. And for goods brought from Basarab "), especially for pepper, cotton and similar things, in Bąków, one ruble of silver is paid for every twelve halters weighing half a ruble of silver, and at the main toll in Suceava, one silver ruble is paid for every twelve halters. And whoever transports his cloth to Bystrzyca [and] Hungary, pays in Suceava three groszy for each fine, and in Banya -") and one and a half and in Moldova ^') one and a half cents from the fine. And when they return from Hungary, they pay for each terch -") that they carry with them, in Moldavita two groszy and in Banya two groszy per terch. And whoever took his cloth to Brasov -^) pays three groszy for each fine at the main toll in Suceava, in Bąków -*) one and a half groszy and in Totrusza "*) one and a half groszy. And back from Brasov they [merchants from Lviv, Podolia, etc.] pay two groszy per terch in Totrusza and two groszy per terch in Bąków. As for horses [domestic breeding], only those whose value does not exceed three fines of silver may be exported from our land without any hindrance. Likewise, Hungarian horses can be exported [that is, perhaps only transported?] without any hindrance on our part [and without any further reservations on our part??]. As for the fees, the horses [domestic and Hungarian?] are paid by merchants from Lviv, etc. in the place where they buy them, four groszy for each piece, in stock in Suceava from each piece separately six groszy, in Seret -") two groszy and in Chernivtsi two groszy. Whoever takes the horses or mares [Podilskyi] is obliged to pay the same amount that was due to him in Seret in Dorohun -'), and what was payable in Chernivtsi is paid in Khotyn. And it goes without saying that the toll for mares is the same as for horses. And whoever buys cattle or sheep either in Bąków, or in the town of Romanów "*), or in Banya, or in Niemcza -'), or in other towns under our control, does not need to pay the toll for them anywhere, only where he bought them ^°). In the latter case, it is a good idea to get a stamp from the customs officer. And in the city where the purchase was completed, [Lviv merchants etc.] pay one penny for each head of cattle, one penny for ten sheep, one penny for ten pigs, ten grosz for a hundred beef skins, one penny for a hundred lamb skins, and two grosz for a hundred gray [sheep] skins. And then they go to the main Suceava toll. And at the Serćce toll they pay for trivial items, especially hats, trousers, cutlasses and swords, and three groszy for each hat. And whatever is transferred from our land to Suceava to Seret, half of what they pay in Suceava, they must also pay in Seret, on everything, both on skins and wool and sheep; and this is the Serets toll. And in Chernivtsi the toll is four groszy for a German cart, six groszy for an Armenian cart, one grosz for a head of cattle, one grosz for ten pigs, one grosz for ten sheep, one grosz for a horse, and the same for a mare - two groszy per head. And on transport [vol. j. at crossings over the Prut, the payment is for whole German carts and for Armenian cars, without any difference, four groszy for each; and this is the Chernivtsi toll. And in Chernivtsi do not search the carts, but it is enough for the merchant to give a guarantee that he does not have the goods to be announced in his cart [vol. j. notified to the customs officer as: martens, silver, wax and horses of good domestic breeding. And the prices of cloth in Suceava are to be the same as in Lviv. And the inhabitants of Lviv who go to Braiłów to fish back] at the border tolls, either in Bąków or Berład ^-), to pay four groszy per fine; and they must not keep the cart or the fish. And there having obtained the seal of the customs officer, let them go freely [without paying any further tolls] as far as Suceava. And at the main toll in Suceava they pay a fine of three groszy each; and do not stop the cart or the fish for them. Similarly, in Seret they are obliged to pay one and a half grosz of the fine, and not to keep the cart or fish. And in Chernivtsi they pay the same toll for a fish cart as for any other cart. And regarding the melted silver that the people of Lviv will bring with them from Hungary, our only excuse is that we will be allowed to buy from them the amount of it that we will need; and the rest that remains can be exported. And Muntan and Braşov wax is also a commodity, free for export, provided, however, that for washing in Bąków [Lviv merchants, etc.] they pay one penny per stone, in the warehouse in Suceava one penny per stone and in Seret one penny per stone. Likewise, Hungarian martens are also a commodity that people can export, provided that they pay for them in Banya for one and a half cents per fine, at the warehouse in Suceava for three cents per fine, and in Seret for one and a half gi'Oshas per fine. But we reserve the right to purchase from them as much of these Hungarian martens as we need; and the rest, as we have said, is left to them as goods, free for export. Moreover, we also gave them the right to maintain their own house [i.e. inn] in Suceava, but again on condition that this house they will neither set up a tavern, nor brew beer, nor brew mead, nor place meat stalls, nor sell bread. And if the one who manages the house wishes to maintain any of the above-mentioned things, it is his duty to make arrangements with the city about it, and we did all this for the merchants of our hospodar and the Polish king, from all the Russian and Podolia lands. And everything we wrote above, we vow to keep for them forever, without deceit and cunning, we and our descendants, and never violate it in our honor and faith for the sake of holy Christian custom. And the witnesses of this were: Mr. Jerzy, starosta [starosta] of Dorohuski; Mr. Wład., [starosta] of Serecki; Mr. Oana, courtier ''*) of Suczawa; Mr. Jiicko [Jacenty] and Mr. Eliasz, czzuik ^®). Moreover, there were also envoys from Lviv who did this work with us, namely: Myczko Kulikowski; Zimirstan Chanys; Yerzest' [?] Ghanys; Rus Nikkjus and the Lviv writer Chanys. And to confirm all this, we ordered our faithful logotheto ^'j to issue this letter of ours and attach our great seal to it**). In Suceava, in the summer of six thousand nine hundred and sixteen, on October 8.