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тыи вси шкоды маеть намъ заплатити. Такежъ всимъ купцомъ пань-

ства нашого, Корꙋны Польское и Великого Кнѧзьства Литовъского,

богатымъ и голтѧинымъ, с торговълею своею доброволне прыити до

Перекопа и до Каѳы, и тежъ сторговавъшы доброволно бы пошъли,

заплативъшы мыта.

Такъ, ꙗко вышеи ѡписано в семъ нашомъ листе, а завъжъды

то царъ Сагапъ Киреи маеть намъ сполнѧти, и с того николи не

выступати. И маеть царъ Сагапъ Киреи братью и сыновъ своихъ

з воискомъ своимъ на непрыꙗтелѧ нашого мосъковского посылати,

и тых городов и волостеи, и земль, и вод, которыи дед и ѡтецъ

теперешънего непрыꙗтелѧ нашого мосъковъского ѡт Кнѧзьства

Литовского побрал, доставати. И чого з божею помочю достанеть, то

маеть засѧ намъ ѡтъдавати. И тежъ на кожъдого непрыꙗтелѧ нашого

с нами с одного стоѧти.

А в наши ѡбои паньства, ꙗко Корꙋнꙋ Полскую, такъ и Великое

Кнѧзьство Литовское, не мають воиска своего, великого ани малого,

самъ царъ Сагапъ Киреи, и братъ его Ѡсламъ Киреи, и братѧ и дети

их царевичы, и кнѧзи, вланы, и мꙋрзы посылати, и того мают стеречы

и боронити, абы жадное шкоды тымъ паньствам нашымъ ѡт них и

людеи их не было. А естъли бы без ведомости царѧ Сагапъ Кире-

евы и брата его Ѡсламъ Киреевы которыи люди малыи прокрали сѧ

ꙋ паньство нашо, и пошодшы звоевали бы которыи земли паньствъ

нашых, ꙗко Корꙋны Полское, такъ и Великого Кнѧзьства Литовъс-

кого, ино брат нашъ, царъ Сагапъ Киреи маеть ихъ самих головами

поимавшы к намъ послать, а домы их розграбити. А пакъ ли бы ѡни

сами головами ꙋшли, и ѡнъ жоны и дети их маеть до нас послати.

А што ѡзъмут людеи и статков, то маеть изыскавъшы назад вер-

нути и вси шкоды ѡправити. Естли ж бы царъ Сагапъ Киреи и брат

его Ѡсламъ Киреи солтанъ не хотели къ тому пилности вчынити и

ѡт таковых злых ꙋчынъковъ людеи своих повстегънути, а которыи

бы люди их, або царевичы, кнѧзи, вланы, и мурзы, хотѧ малыи або

великии люди ꙋ паньство нашо ꙋвошъли и шкодꙋ намъ и земълѧмъ

нашымъ вчынили, тогъды мы того годꙋ, которого та сѧ шкода намъ

ѡтъ них станеть, не бꙋдемъ повинъни ѡного ꙋпоминъку сꙋконъ, што

на семъ нашомъ листе и его докончаньи естъ ѡписано, царю Сагапъ

Кирею давати.

Нижли коли братъ нашъ Сагапъ Киреи, Ѡсъламъ Киреи солтанъ

будꙋть намъ тыи вси речы, што на семъ листе нашом стоит, спра-

ведливе полнити, мы, Жыкгимонтъ, корол полскии и великии кнѧзь,

за таковую доброть царѧ Сагапъ Кирееву маемъ ему, братꙋ нашому

поминки годовыи давати па двесте поставовъ сукъна лꙋньского, то

естъ с Корꙋны Полское сто поставов сукон лꙋньских, а з Великого

Кнѧзьства Литовъского такежъ сто поставовъ луньских; а сыну

нашому Ѡсламъ Киреи солтану с Корꙋны Полское трыдцать поста-

вовъ луньскихъ, а з Великого Кнѧзьства такежъ трыдцать поставов

луньских.

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А пры томъ тежъ царъ Сагапъ Киреи, братъ нашъ, маеть того сте-

речы, абы козаки белогородскии, и его, паньствамъ нашымъ жадное

шкоды не вчынили. А естъли бы некако, безъ ведома его тыи козаки

прокрали сѧ ꙋ паньство нашо а шкоды которыи подданымъ нашимъ

вчынили,

ѡнъ маеть тых козаков за то скарати, а тыи шкоды вси

ѡтыскавъшы маеть намъ назад вернути.

А тот ꙋпоминокъ сукна маемъ к нему посылати в кожъды год

месеца июнѧ трыдцатого днѧ. А брат нашъ, цар Сагапъ Киреи не

маеть к намъ послов своихъ великихъ посылати, бо намъ ꙋ скарбе

нашомъ на ѡтъправы, такъ тежъ и посломъ его ꙋ конех длѧ вели-

кое дороги шкода великаѧ сѧ дееть. Нижли коли потреба вкажет [с]

которым деломъ, або з вестьми ему к намъ послати, ино ѡнъ маеть

к намъ слати гонъца самогодрꙋга, а наболшыи самотретѧ. А естъли

бы ѡнъ своего великого посла до нас прислал, тогъды мы не маемъ

его нашымъ ничымъ ѡправовати, ѡдно с тогожъ ꙋпоминъку, которыи

маемъ царю давати.

Ꙗко жъ мы, Жыкгимонтъ, корол полскии и великии кнѧзь литовъс-

кии, перед тымъ посломъ вашымъ великимъ Девеи мꙋрзою, которого

есте до насъ прыслали, на всих тых речах, што естъ в семъ нашомъ

листе доконъчалномъ выписано, прысегали на нашу Книгу, на свѧтое

Еванъгилие, и на том правдꙋ нашу дали брату нашомꙋ, великому царю

Сагапъ Кирею, и сыну нашому, Ѡсламъ Киреи солтану прыꙗтелю

вашому прыꙗтелемъ быти, а непрыꙗтелю непрыꙗтелемъ. А вы бы

тежъ непрыꙗтелю нашому московъскому непрыꙗзьни довели, и всему

паньству нашому, и городомъ нашымъ, и местомъ, и волостемъ, и

селамъ, и всеи земъли, и всимъ людем нашымъ ѡтъ тебе бы, брата

нашого, и ѡт Ѡсламъ Киреи солтана, и ѡтъ всих людеи вашых нико-

торое шкоды не было. Хто б паньствамъ нашымъ был непрыꙗтелемъ,

тотъ и вамъ нехаи бꙋдеть непрыꙗтелемъ, а хто намъ прыꙗтел, то

бы и вамъ прыꙗтел. И што в семъ нашомъ доконъчани выписано, на

чомъ есьмо прысегали и правдꙋ нашу тобе, брату нашому, Сагапъ

Кирею царю, и сыну нашому, Ѡсламъ Киреи солтану дали, на томъ

хочемъ твердо стоѧти, и то все держати и полнити под кролевъствомъ

нашым, ничымъ неѡтменъне. А царъ Сагапъ Киреи з братьею своею

царевичы, и з детми, и зъ кнѧзи, ꙋланы, и мꙋрзы, маеть по тому

жъ доконъчане свое, под тыми жъ словы, ꙗкъ стоит в семъ нашомъ

листе, до нас прыслати, и то все водле ꙋмовы нашое, и прысѧги и

слова своего царъского намъ моцъне а ничымъ непохибне держати и

полнити, и с того ничымъ не маеть выступати.

А тотъ есмо листъ нашъ доконъчалныи с печатью нашою маестатною

на шнюре золотомъ послали посломъ нашымъ великимъ, державъцою

красноселскимъ, паномъ Василемъ Тишкевичомъ.

A tentative reading of this fragment by Dubonis: а [за] шкоды, которыи под-

данымъ нашимъ вчынили, seems incorrect.

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Пры которои жо справе того листу нашого докончалного были

Панове Рада наша Великого Кнѧзьства Литовского: кнѧзь Ꙗнъ, бис-

купъ виленьскии; воевода виленьскии, канъцлер нашъ, староста бел-

скии и мозырскии, панъ Ѡлбрахтъ Мартиновичъ Кгашътолтъ; панъ

виленскии, гетманъ нашъ навышъшыи, староста городеньскии, мар-

шалокъ нашъ дворныи, державъца лидскии и белицъкии, панъ Юри

Миколаевичъ Радивиловича; воевода троцкии, маршалокъ земъскии,

панъ Ꙗнъ Ꙗновичъ Заберезыньскии; староста жомоитскии, панъ

Ꙗнъ Миколаевичъ Радивиловича; воевода киевскии, гетманъ нашъ

дворныи, державъца свислоцъкии, панъ Андреи Ꙗкꙋбович Неми-

ровича; воевода полоцъкии, маршалокъ нашъ, панъ Ꙗнъ Юръевич

Глебовича; воевода новгородскии, панъ Станиславъ Ѡльбрахтевичъ

Кгашътолт; воевода витебъскии, маръшалокъ нашъ, державъца вол-

ковыискии и мерецъкии, панъ Матеи Воитеховичъ Ꙗновича; воевода

подлѧшъскии, маршалокъ нашъ, староста дорогицкии, панъ Иванъ

Богъданович Сопега, и инъшыи рады того нашого паньства.

А справовано и дано его ꙋ паньстве нашомъ ѡтъчызномъ, Вели-

комъ Кнѧзьстве Литовъскомъ, ꙋ месте нашомъ ꙋ Вильни, лета божего

≠а҃ф҃л҃е҃ [1535] годꙋ, месеца апрелѧ десѧтого днѧ, инъдыкъта и҃ [8].

Translation:

e embassy from His Royal Majesty to the Horde through Pan Vasyl’ Tyškevyč,

in the year 1535:

Let it happen in the name of Almighty God!

We, Sigismund, by the grace of God the king of Poland, the grand duke of

Lithuania, Ruthenia, Prussia, Samogitia, Mazovia, and other [lands], com-

mence in the name of God, who gives felicity, and [promise] to sincerely keep

amity and brotherhood, and to fulll our true word without any deceit and

with sincere heart!

When God, the Creator, extended his favor to us and—by God’s will and

favor—we assumed the place of our father and became the king and grand duke,

namely of the Polish Crown and our [hereditary] fatherland, the Grand Duchy

of Lithuania, while keeping in mind the past maintaining of friendship by our

ancestors, our father Casimir and [our] brother Alexander, their majesties the

Vasyl’ Tyškevyč (Pol. Tyszkiewicz), courtier and tenant of Krasnoe Selo, envoy to

the Crimea in 1535 and to Moscow in 1558, starosta of Čerkasy and Kaniv since 1536,

palatine of Podlachia (Podlasie) since 1558; see Banionis, LDK pasiuntinybių tarnyba,

pp. 163, 199, and 222; Urzędnicy centralni i dostojnicy WKL, p. 246.

is phrase is apparently a calque of the respective phrase found in the Tatar

documents; therefore perhaps it should read: “We [. . .] commence in the name of

God, who gives felicity [to those, who] sincerely keep amity and brotherhood, and

fulll their true word [. . .];” cf. Document 12, n. 5.

document 26 (10 april 1535) 697

kings and grand dukes of glorious memory, who had remained in such broth-

erhood and friendship with the Crimean khans, we likewise commenced loyal

brotherhood and true friendship with our brother, Sahib Giray Khan, and our

son, Islam Giray Sultan. And having inspected the old and recent oaths, and

our letters of agreement, conforming with those of our ancestors, while renew-

ing the ancient custom we make manifest and known with our present letter

that in desire to rmly keep loyal brotherhood and live in just friendship with

our brother, Sahib Giray Khan, and our son, Islam Giray Sultan, we have

given and we hereby give our present letter, being in conformance with earlier

engagements and letters of agreement, and not diminishing anything in refer-

ence to the letters of agreement that were exchanged previously by our ances-

tors, the grand Lithuanian dukes and the Crimean khans, while they were in

peace, to our brother, the great khan Sahib Giray, our son, Islam Giray Sultan,

their children and descendants. And having debated and taken counsel with

our Lords Councilors, in order to strengthen [our] statement so that mutual

friendship may increase and last long, we engage and swear to our brother,

Sahib Giray Khan, and to Islam Giray Sultan that we, Sigismund, the king

of Poland and the grand duke of Lithuania, and our son, by the grace of God

the king of Poland and the grand duke of Lithuania, His Majesty Sigismund II

Augustus, should forever sincerely remain in brotherhood and friendship with

Sahib Giray Khan and with our son, Islam Giray Sultan, and so should our

children and descendants and their children and descendants, and they should

be a friend of the other’s friend and an enemy of the other’s enemy, and they

should jointly face any enemy in any place.

And whichever towns, estates, lands, and waters our Muscovian enemy took

in his hand unjustly and in violation of his oath from the great kings: our father

Casimir and [our] brother Alexander, and from us, [now] Sahib Giray Khan

with his brother, Islam Giray Sultan, should—having invoked God’s help—

recapture all these towns, estates, lands, and waters from the said Muscovian

enemy and restore them all to us. And our brother, Sahib Giray Khan, and

Islam Giray Sultan, along with all their brothers, children, beys [Ruth. knjazi],

ulans, and mirzas, should assist us now and in the future against the said Mus-

covian enemy and all other enemies of ours, while never departing from their

oath and letter of agreement.

And as regards the wrongful acts committed during [the reigns of] our father,

King and Grand Duke Casimir, our brothers, King [John] Albert and Alexan-

der, and ours towards our state—the Polish Crown, and our fatherland—the

Grand Duchy of Lithuania, by Mehmed Giray Khan, his brothers and children,

and all the ulans, beys, and their servants, whatever damage was done then to

our two states, we forgive them and do not want to hold their wrongful acts

in our heart. And likewise, whatever wrongful acts were committed by our

men during [the reigns of] their royal majesties: our father Casimir and [our]

brother Alexander, or will be committed during our prosperous reign towards

the Crimean Horde, our brother, Sahib Giray Khan, and Islam Giray Sultan

should not hold it in their hearts, and should release all these [wrongful] acts

from their hearts, so that upon hearing this, our enemies should tremble with

fear, and our friends rejoice.

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Moreover, all our merchants from the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the

Polish Crown may freely, without any anxiety, take salt in Kačybej and, having

paid the tolls according to the ancient custom, bring [this] salt to Kiev, Luc’k,

and our other towns, guarded by the men of Sahib Giray Khan. And if they—

our merchants, apart from the cossacks

—suer any damage in Kačybej, in salt

or [else], Sahib Giray Khan should compensate us all this damage. Moreover,

all the merchants from our state, the Polish Crown and the Grand Duchy of

Lithuania—either rich or poor—may freely come with their merchandise to

Perekop [i.e., the Crimean Khanate] and to Caa, conduct their trade and

freely depart, having paid the tolls.

And Sahib Giray Khan should always fulll in regard to us whatever is writ-

ten above in our present letter, and never depart from it. And Sahib Giray Khan

should send his brothers and sons along with his troops against our Muscovian

enemy, and take the towns, estates, lands, and waters that were captured from

the Lithuanian Duchy by the grandfather and father

of our present Muscovian

enemy. And whatever he takes with God’s help, he should restore to us. And he

should face jointly with us any of our enemies.

And he, Sahib Giray Khan, his brother Islam Giray, their brothers and sons,

the sultans [Ruth. carevyčy, i.e., princes], the beys, ulans, and mirzas should not

send their troops—either large or small—to our two states: the Polish Crown

and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, and they should secure and prevent so

that no damage should be done to our states by them or their men. And if

some people of lower status [Ruth. ljudy malyi] sneak into our state without

the knowledge of Khan Sahib Giray and his brother, Islam Giray, and raid any

lands within our states: either the Polish Crown or the Grand Duchy of Lithu-

ania, then our brother, Sahib Giray Khan, should capture them and send to

us, and conscate their houses. And if they escape themselves, he should send

us their wives and children. And if they capture any people or goods, he should

take them back and restore [to us], and he should compensate all damages.

And if Sahib Giray Khan and his brother, Islam Giray Sultan, do not wish to

display diligence and restrain their people from such wrongful acts, and if some

of their people, or the sultans, beys, ulans, or mirzas, either of low or high status

e phrase “apart from the cossacks” (krome kozakov), entered for the rst time

in the present document, is unclear. In fact, it can have three dierent meanings:

1) the Ukrainian cossacks being unruly royal subjects are not protected by the pres-

ent clause; 2) the khan is not responsible for the attacks against the royal merchants

committed by the Ukrainian cossacks; 3) the khan does not take responsibility for

the attacks against the royal merchants committed by his own unruly subjects, in the

earlier Crimean documents referred to as “our cossacks” (cf. Document 14, n. 20,

Document 15, n. 17, Document 18, n. 30, and Document 24, n. 30). Yet, the third

interpretation is the least likely because in the analogous clause of the following

instruments, issued by Devlet Giray in 1552 and 1560, the cossacks are referred to as

“your,” i.e., royal, and as “your or Muscovian” respectively (cf. Document 32, n. 17,

and Document 33, n. 16).

I.e., Ivan III (r. 1462–1505) and Vasilij III (r. 1505–1533), the grandfather and

father of Ivan IV (r. 1533–1584).

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[Ruth. malyi abo velykyi ljudy], enter our state and commit damage to us and

our lands, then in the year when we suer this damage from them, we will not

be obliged to give to Sahib Giray Khan the gi in cloths that is described in our

present letter and his letter of agreement.

But if our brother, Sahib Giray, [and] Islam Giray Sultan justly fulll in

regard to us all the conditions that are referred to in our present letter, we,

Sigismund, the king of Poland and the grand duke, in return for such kind-

ness of Sahib Giray Khan, should give him, our brother, annual gis [Ruth.

pomynky hodovyi] of 200 pieces [postaws] of London cloth,

namely 100 pieces

of London cloth from the Polish Crown, and also 100 pieces of London [cloth]

from the Grand Duchy of Lithuania; and to our son, Islam Giray Sultan, [we

should give] 30 pieces of London [cloth] from the Polish Crown, and also 30

pieces of London [cloth] from the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.

And also Sahib Giray Khan, our brother, should secure that the Akkerman

cossacks

and his own [cossacks] should not commit any damage to our states.

And if these cossacks somehow sneak into our state without his knowledge and

commit some damage to our subjects, he should punish these cossacks, regain

what they have stolen, and restore to us.

And we should send him the [said] gi in cloth every year by the 30th day

of the month of June. And our brother, Sahib Giray Khan, should not send us

his great envoys, because due to the long road a great detriment is caused to

our treasury by providing his envoys with allowance and horses. Only when

he needs to notify us about some matter or news, he should send us a courier

in the company of one, or at most two men [Ruth. samohodruha, a nabolšyj

samotretja]. And if he sends us his great envoy, then we are not obliged to give

Postaw was a measure unit for cloth in Poland; according to the ocial taxes

issued in 1565, a postaw of imported London cloth should have measured 40 ells in

length and 3 ells in width, while a postaw of German or Polish cloth was smaller;

see Antoni Mączak, Sukiennictwo wielkopolskie XIV–XVII wieku (Warsaw, 1955),

pp. 288–290; this measure unit was also known in the Ottoman empire; cf. Docu-

ment 34, n. 17. e term “London cloth” (Pol. sukno luńskie) referred to ne imported

cloth, originally of English origin, that was also known in the Ottoman Empire; see

Mączak, op. cit., p. 204, and Andrzej Dziubiński, Na szlakach Orientu. Handel między

Polską a Imperium Osmańskim w XVI–XVIII wieku (Wrocław, 1997), p. 148. In Sahib

Giray’s document from 1539 (cf. Document 28), one postaw of London cloth was

calculated as being worth 33 orins. Yet, its price was lower in Poland: in 1535, one

ell of London cloth in Lwów cost 30–35 groszy (i.e., 0.67–0.78 golden orins). Assum-

ing that one postaw measured 40 ells we would obtain 27–31 golden orins per one

postaw (as the price of one ell refers to a retail sale, a wholesale price was even lower);

cf. Stanisław Hoszowski, Ceny we Lwowie w XVI i XVII wieku (Lwów [L’viv], 1928),

pp. 187 and 154 (for the ratio between one grosz and one golden orin).

e Ruthenian term kozaky belohorodskyi refers to the Tatars and Turks dwell-

ing around the town of Akkerman (Ukr. Bil’horod, Pol. Białogród), conquered by the

Ottomans from the Moldavian rulers in 1484. e Turkic word kazak applied to free

vagabonds; cf. Chapter 6 in Part II. Having entered into the Slavic languages, the term

kozak (“cossack”) began to designate Ukrainian and Russian vagabonds as well.

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him any allowance from our proper funds, but solely deduce it from the gi

that we are to give to the khan.

Hereby we, Sigismund, the king of Poland and the grand duke of Lithu-

ania, have sworn by our [holy] book, the Holy Gospel, in the presence of your

great envoy, Devey Mirza,

whom you had sent to us, upon all the engagements

that have been written down in our present letter of agreement, and we have

engaged to our brother, the great khan Sahib Giray, and our son, Islam Giray

Sultan, to be a friend of your friend and an enemy of your enemy. And you

should also prove enmity to our Muscovian enemy, and no damage should be

done to our entire state, our castles, towns, estates, villages, the whole land, and

all our people by you, our brother, or Islam Giray Sultan, or any of your men.

Whoever is an enemy to our states, should be your enemy, too, and whoever

is a friend to us, should be your friend, too. And whatever is written in our

present letter of agreement and what we have sworn upon and engaged to you,

our brother, Sahib Giray Khan, and our son, Islam Giray Sultan, we want to

rmly keep, entirely hold and fulll under our reign, without any change. And

Sahib Giray Khan along with his brothers, the sultans, and [his] children, and

with the beys, ulans, and mirzas, should likewise send us his letter of agree-

ment, [written] in the same words as our present letter, and strongly hold it

and entirely fulll without any fail or deviation according to our agreement

and his monarchic oath and word.

And we have sent our present letter of agreement [lyst dokončalnyj] with our

majestic seal

on a golden string through our great envoy, the tenant of Krasnoe

Selo, Pan Vasyl’ Tyškevyč.

e act of [drawing] our present letter of agreement has been attended by

our Lords Councilors of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania: the Reverend Jan,

the

bishop of Vilnius; Pan Olbracht Marcinowicz Gasztołd,

the palatine of Vil-

nius, our chancellor, the starosta of Bielsk and Mazyr; Pan Jurij Mikołajewicz

Radziwiłł,

the lord [i.e., castellan] of Vilnius, our highest hetman, the sta-

rosta of Hrodna, our court marshal, the tenant of Lida and Belica; Pan Jan

Janowicz Zabrzeziński,

the palatine of Trakai and the land marshal; Pan Jan

On Devey Mirza, a member of the Manghıt (Mansur) clan, who swore an oath

on behalf of the khan in Sigismund’s presence, see Document 25, n. 1.

On the great majestic seal used in the Lithuanian chancery, see Document 10,

n. 9.

Jan, natural son of King Sigismund and Katarzyna de elnicz, bishop of Vilnius

since 1519 (though consecrated only in 1531), bishop of Poznań since 1536; see his

biography by Aleksander Swieżawski in PSB, vol. 10, pp. 439–441.

On Olbracht Gasztołd, see Document 17, n. 21, Document 18, n. 35, and Docu-

ment 24, notes 1 and 3.

Jurij (Jerzy) Radziwiłł, palatine of Kiev in the years 1511–1514 (cf. Document

12, n. 25), castellan of Trakai since 1522, castellan of Vilnius since 1527, Lithuanian

court marshal and lieutenant of Lida and Belica since 1528, Lithuanian grand (high-

est) hetman since 1531; see his biography by Grzegorz Błaszczyk in PSB, vol. 30,

pp. 225–229.

On Jan Janowicz Zabrzeziński, see Document 10, n. 16.

document 26 (10 april 1535) 701

Mikołajewicz Radziwiłł,

the starosta of Samogitia; Pan Andrzej Jakubow-

icz Niemirowicz,

the palatine of Kiev, our court hetman, and the tenant of

Svislač; Pan Jan Jurevič Hlebovyč,

the palatine of Polack and our marshal;

Pan Stanisław Olbrachtowicz Gasztołd,

the palatine of Navahrudak; Pan

Maciej Wojciechowicz Janowicz,

the palatine of Vicebsk, our marshal, and

the tenant of Vaukavysk and Mereč [Lith. Merkine]; Pan Ivan Bohdanovyč

Sapeha,

the palatine of Podlachia [Podlasie], our marshal, and the starosta

of Drohiczyn; and other councilors of our state.

Composed and given in our ancestral state, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania,

in our seat in Vilnius, anno Domini 1535, on the 10th day of the month of

April, during the 8th indiction.

Jan Radziwiłł, starosta of Samogitia since 1535; see his biography by Maria

Michalewiczowa in PSB, vol. 30, pp. 192–195.

Andrzej Niemirowicz / Ruth. Andrej Nemyrovyč, palatine of Kiev since 1514,

Lithuanian court hetman since 1535; see his biography by Stanisław Alexandrowicz

in PSB, vol. 22 (Wrocław etc., 1977), pp. 803–808.

Jan Hlebovyč (Hlebowicz), marshal since 1516 (on this title, see Document 10,

n. 17), palatine of Vicebsk since 1528, palatine of Polack since 1532, palatine of Vil-

nius since 1542, Lithuanian chancellor since 1546; as the great Lithuanian envoy he

negotiated the armistice with Muscovy in 1537; see his biography by Zdzisław Spier-

alski in PSB, vol. 9, pp. 541–542.

Stanisław Gasztołd, palatine of Navahrudak since 1522 (assumed the post in

1531), palatine of Trakai since 1542, rst husband of Barbara Radziwiłłówna, the

future wife of King Sigismund Augustus; see his biography by Władysław Pociecha

in PSB, vol. 7, p. 303.

Maciej Wojciechowicz Janowicz Kłoczko, marshal and tenant of Vaukavysk since

1520, palatine of Vicebsk since 1532, starosta of Samogitia since 1542; see his biogra-

phy by Tadeusz Wasilewski in PSB, vol. 13, pp. 48–49.

Ivan Sapeha (Pol. Sapieha), marshal since 1515, palatine of Vicebsk since ca.

1520, palatine of Podlachia (Podlasie) since 1529, starosta of Drohiczyn since 1531; see

his biography by Maria Michalewiczowa in PSB, vol. 34, pp. 618–621.

e eighth indiction lasted from 1 September 1534 till 31 August 1535.

DOCUMENT 27 (APRIL 1535)

e formula of a donation yarlıq cum şartname to be issued

by Khan Sahib Giray, prepared by the Lithuanian chancery

Ruthenian copies:

A. RGADA, fond 389 = Litovskaja metrika, no. 15, fol. 212a–214b [old

foliation: 177a–179b].

Published in Lietuvos Metrika. Knyga Nr. 15 (1528–1538). Užrašymų

knyga 15, pp. 235–238.

A.* 18th-century Latin script transcription: AGAD, Metryka Litewska, no.

200, pp. 959–965.

То естъ доконъчане, которое маеть дати царъ Сагапъ Киреи

Королю Его Милости и прислати паномъ Василемъ Тишъкевичом:

Божимъ именемъ початокъ буд!

Бога Единого моцъю и милостью Сагапъ Киреи, великии царъ, почы-

наемъ именемъ божъимъ, которыи же роздаеть щастье, и милость,

братъство ꙋ правде держати, и слово свое правъдивое сполнѧти без

объмылу, с правого серца.

Богъ Створытел, коли насъ помиловалъ, на ѡтца своего столцы зос-

тали есьмо царемъ. Деда нашого Менъдли Кгиреѧ царѧ слово, брата

нашого Магъмит Кгириѧ царѧ слово, мое Сапъ Кгириево царево

слово, брата моего Ѡсламъ солътаново слово:

Праваѧ сторона, леваѧ сторона великого влꙋса темъники, и

тисѧчъники, и сотники, кнѧзи и вланы,

такежъ рꙋскимъ кнѧземъ,

и местом, и городомъ, митрополитамъ, владыкамъ, белого[ло]вымъ и

черньцомъ, боѧром и мещаномъ, и всему посъполству:

Зведомо б было, штожъ мы ꙗвно чыним симъ нашымъ листомъ,

штожъ нашы предки, цары, и ѡтецъ мои Магъмитъ Кгиреи царъ, коли

конь потныи был, до великого кнѧзѧ Витовта, и до королѧ и великого

кнѧзѧ Казимира, до паньства Великого Кнѧзьства Литовъского в

гостину прыеждчали и великии чти видали. Такеж подлꙋгъ первого

ѡбычаѧ рꙋских земль з городами, з местами, з волостьми, тьмами, и со

въсими доходы записали. Ничого не вменъшываючы с тых ꙗрлыков,

It should read: Правое стороны, левое стороны великого влꙋса темъни-

комъ, и тисѧчъникомъ, и сотникомъ, [и десꙗтником,] кнѧземъ и вланомъ;

cf. the earlier documents.

document 27 (april 1535) 703

которыи за предковъ нашых цареи писаныи ꙗрлыки, и тежъ первеи

сего и ѡт насъ в тотъ часъ, коли божѧ ласка стала великому столцꙋ

предков нашых цареи и ѡтъца нашого, видевшы старыи и нынеишнии

прысѧги и доконъчаньѧ, листы нашы водлуг предков нашых, и тежъ

свои доконъчалныи листъ даемъ, какъ ѡтецъ нашъ Мен Кгиреи

царъ Казимирꙋ королю и великому кнѧзю дал тот час. Коли и з

Жыкгимонътомъ, королемъ и великимъ кнѧземъ, братомъ нашымъ,

ꙋ братскꙋю прыꙗзнь зашъли, и мы, поновлѧючы водле перъвшых

словъ, свои есьмо листъ дали под печатью позлотистою, брату нашому

Жыкгимонъту, королю и великому кнѧзю, и детемъ его, и потомъкомъ,

держати вовъ покои: ꙋ головах Киевъ из земълѧми, и з водами, и со

въсими прыходы; Луческъ со тмами, и зъ земълѧми, и з водами, и

со въсими прыходы; Смольнескъ со тмою, и з земълѧми, и з водами,

и со въсими прыходы; Полоцко со тмою, и зъ земълѧми, и зъ водами,

и со въсими прыходы; Подоле со тмою, и зъ землѧми, и з водами, и

со въсими прыходы; Сокалъ со тмою, и з земълѧми, и з водами, и

со въсими прыходы; Звинигород изъ земълѧми, и з водами, и со

въсими прыходы; Црѧславъль

со тмою и доходы; Качыбиевъ, Маек из

земълѧми, и з водами; такежъ почонъшы ѡт Киева Днепромъ ꙋ верхъ

ажъ до ꙋстьѧ; Снепорода, Глиньска з людми; Жолва[ж], Ботула из

земълѧми и водами; Берынъ, Синецъ, Хотенъ, Лучычынъ, Хотомышъле,

Ѡскол изъ земълѧми, и водами, и со въсими доходы; Кꙋрске со тмою;

Сареевичъ Ꙗкгалдаи со тмою; Путивль, Радогощъ, Ми[ло]любъ из

земълѧми, водами, и со въсими прыходы; Можеч, Стародꙋбъ, Любеч,

Бранско и[з] земълѧми, водами, и со всими прыходы; Бченско,

Любско, Тола изъ земълѧми, водами, и со въсими прыходы; Берестеи,

Ратно, Козелско, Бранескъ, Ѡлконѧ, Избашъ, Донаш—все изъ

земълѧми, водами, и со въсими прыходы; Дашевъ город, Балыкълы

городище, Тошынъ, Мемижа, Ѡхꙋра со тмою, Мамышъ, ѡстꙋра—вси

тыи изъ земълѧми, водами, и со въсими прыходы; Буско, и Великии

Новъгород, и Пъсков, и Резаньскии Переꙗсловль со тмою, и з людми,

з лесы и с пꙋщами, и зъ городы, и со въсими прыходы, што течет и

канецъ, къ столцꙋ панства литовского.

И тому делꙋ порадившы сѧ съ сынъми моими, с царевичы, с ꙋланы,

кнѧзи, и мурзы, твердо прысегаемъ, штожъ с королемъ и великимъ

кнѧземъ Жыкгимонтомъ правдиве ꙋ братстве и въ прыѧзьни быти

на веки, и нашымъ детемъ и прадетемъ, и его детемъ и прадетемъ,

а его прыꙗтелю прыꙗтелемъ быти, а непрыꙗтелю непрыꙗтелемъ

во въсѧкомъ месте, и тежъ на инъшыи непрыꙗтели его с одного

стоꙗти.

А которыи городы и волости, и земъли, и воды московскии кнѧзь поб-

рал къ своеи рꙋце ꙋ вотца его Казимира, и ꙋ брата его Алекъсанъдра,

It should read Брѧславъль.

It should read Мченско.