Wąsowicz to Lubomirski (1662–1663)

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The letters: Ludwik Wąsowicz, stolnik of Łomża, to Aleksander Michał Lubomirski (1614–1677), Grand Master of the Horse of the Crown: seven letters from 29 November 1662 to 9 December 1663, the last written at Jarosław. Clear Polish with names and whole sentences in numbers.
Where: Archiwum Narodowe w Krakowie, Archiwum Krzeszowickie Potockich (fonds 29/639), AKPot 3227: DECODE R7503–R7510 for the letters, R7501 (p. 81) for the table. Catalogue entry 439, now removed.
The cipher: A simple substitution: one two-digit number for each letter, 25 values, no homophones, no nulls, no code words. The numbers run together inside the clear sentence.
How it was deciphered: With the table on R7501, a nineteenth-century reconstruction headed “Klucz Wąsowicza (i Kotowicza) do Alex. Lubomirskiego”, applied unchanged. Brice Dudout checked it blind on the letter of 5 May 1663: 0.389 of the decoded words are in a Polish lexicon, against a 99th percentile of 0.083 for 1,000 permuted tables and 1,000 shuffled texts.
What it says: The confederated army in its circle at Wolbórz waiting for its pay, a court that “strives to keep the agreement with the army”, and the Marshal, Jerzy Sebastian Lubomirski, the recipient’s brother, watched two years before his rebellion. In December 1663 he will not join the King’s Ukrainian campaign: iam ani hetman ani żołnierz do wiosny.
Still open: One word of 19 March 1663 (‹przezęidą›, two digits uncertain) and the end of the next; doubtful digits in the letter of 5 May 1663, settled by sense; several people named in clear (Born, Argent, Paczanowski, Paprocki, Woieński, Tekieli) not identified.
Credit: Transcription, decipherment, Polish text in context and English translation by Brice Dudout, with Claude Opus 5.5 agents, 27 October 2026; his write-up on Europe chiffrée. The key is the DECODE record R7501. The DECODE images of the file are restricted and were lent to him for study; none is reproduced here.

01 The letters

Volume AKPot 3227 of the Potocki archive from Krzeszowice holds letters to Aleksander Michał Lubomirski, Grand Master of the Horse (koniuszy) of the Crown and later Voivode of Cracow (1668). Among them are nine records of letters of Ludwik Wąsowicz, stolnik of Łomża (the archive’s inventory and his signatures give the office), R7502–R7510, a sheet with the decipherment of one of them (R7511) and the cipher table (R7501). Wąsowicz writes in clear Polish and puts names and the sentences that matter into numbers. A Ludwik Wąsowicz of the Łabędź arms, stolnik of Łomża in 1669 and burgrave of Cracow in 1664–1665, is listed among the officials of the Cracow voivodeship (Cynarski and Falniowska-Gradowska, 1990, as cited by the Polish Wikipedia); he is probably the same man.

DECODE	Date	Pages	Numbers	In cipher
R7503	29 Nov 1662	137	13	the Voivode of Ruthenia
R7504	[Dec 1662 – Jan 1663], undated	181–183	164	the Błażejowa estate, Tekieli, the palatine and his wife
R7505	25 Jan 1663	200	113	the court, the army, the Wolbórz circle, the money
R7506	17–18 Feb 1663	209	174	the Marshal at the audiences; orders to serve the King after the confederation
R7507	19 Mar 1663	225	166	the Marshal’s promise about the banners; Czarniecki
R7508	5 May 1663	235	234	the Marshal at Łańcut; the King’s camp
R7509	9 Dec 1663	239	27	the Archdeacon of Sandomierz
R7510	9 Dec 1663, continued	245–248	696	Born, the Marshal and the Ukrainian campaign, the Cupbearer’s death

The numbers are counted here from the transcriptions, page labels and separators left out. R7510 has no form of address and ends “W Jarosławiu d. 9 decembr. 1663”, a date also pencilled at the head of R7509: the two records are most likely two parts of one letter, of 1663, not 1665. The remaining letter of the file, R7502 (about September 1662), already carries its decipherment between the lines and on a nineteenth-century sheet (R7511), and is not repeated here. DECODE dates every record of the file 21 October 1662, a placeholder. The same volume also holds a 1669 letter of Michał Kazimierz Radziwiłł with cipher passages (catalogue entry 440), not dealt with here.

No image of the file is reproduced on this page: the DECODE images are restricted.

02 The table

R7501 is a sheet of ruled nineteenth-century paper headed “Klucz Wąsowicza (i Kotowicza) do Alex. Lubomirskiego”: a grid from 1 to 100 in which only the values used are filled in. It is a reconstruction, not the key of the time, probably made when the papers passed through the hands of Józef Łepkowski and Franciszek Kluczycki at Krzeszowice; the heading also names a Kotowicz, probably another correspondent who used the same cipher. Its 25 values (key.tsv):

12 ę	13 z	21 g	22 b	23 k	25 e	28 t	30 l	33 d
34 m	35 r	38 p	40 ł	41 c	52 n	53 a	63 f	68 ą
69 y	70 o	72 w	88 h	90 i	92 u	96 s

One number stands for one letter, with no homophones, nulls or code words; ż and ź are written with the number for z, ć with that for c, ń with that for n, and i also serves for j. Brice Dudout checked the table first on R7502, the one letter already deciphered between the lines, then applied it unchanged to the others, where correct Polish comes out at once: zgodę z woyskiem dwor dotrzymawac usiłuie.

03 What the letters say

In 1661–1663 the Crown army, unpaid, had formed a military confederation (the związek), whose general assembly, the circle of Wolbórz, met from December 1662 into the spring of 1663 to negotiate the arrears. The court of John II Casimir and Louise Marie suspected the Grand Marshal of the Crown, Jerzy Sebastian Lubomirski (1616–1667), the recipient’s younger brother, of backing the confederates and of opposing the election of a successor in the King’s lifetime. Condemned by the Sejm court at the end of 1664, he led the open rebellion of 1665–1666. Wąsowicz’s letters watch him from his own brother’s circle. In these letters krolestwo means the royal couple, “Their Majesties”.

29 November 1662. Only two words are in cipher: woiewoda ruski, the Voivode of Ruthenia, Stefan Czarniecki, who stayed loyal to the court (the writer put 69 for 96 in ruski).
Winter 1662–1663, undated. The Marshal leaves “for Wolbórz, for the circle”. The rest concerns an estate, Błażejowa, held in pledge for three hundred thousand by a Tekieli who could not buy it for want of indigenate, the naturalisation into the Polish nobility; every name is in cipher.
25 January 1663. widziec obroty iakie miał marszałek (to see the manoeuvres the Marshal has made); zgodę z woyskiem dwor dotrzymawac usiłuie (the court strives to keep the agreement with the army); the whole point is aby pieniądze zwieziono, that the money be brought in.
17–18 February 1663. The Marshal is rather well received by Their Majesties and has satisfaction at the audiences; someone was ordered to negotiate nothing more, only to serve the King after the confederation and to watch iesli woysko czego złego nie mysli oyczyznie, whether the army is plotting harm to the fatherland.
19 March 1663. The Marshal has sent Tatar prisoners (probably) and so obliged Their Majesties; he does not promise to detach the better banners from the confederation before the circle, but after it assures that many will leave it; the Voivode of Ruthenia will not set out again.
5 May 1663. Marszał{ek} ze teraz siedzi w Łancucie nie odzywaiąc się dworowi: the Marshal stays at Łańcut without a word to the court, and opinions about him differ. When the King moves with the camp from near Cracow, the idea is to watch whether the Marshal detaches the banners from the confederation as he promised, and whether he comes with them to the King.
9 December 1663. The Archdeacon of Sandomierz has not asked after the recipient’s health; the continuation is below.

04 Jarosław, 9 December 1663

The longest letter, written at Jarosław after the funeral of the “podczaszy”, most likely Konstanty Jacek Lubomirski, Cupbearer of the Crown, the recipient’s brother, who died childless in 1663 and owned Jarosław (an identification still to be confirmed). On p. 246, with the cipher in italics in the established text:

JMP Marszałek we czwartek na noc odiechał stąd do Przeworska, z kąd wczora po obiedzie iechał do Łańcuta. Nie idzie w Ukrainę y tak mowi: iam a{n}i hetman ani żołnierz do wiosny. Ma iechać do Ianowca, ale wprzod uczyni konferencyą z Woienskiem […] w Łańcucie.

His Grace the Marshal left here on Thursday at night for Przeworsk, whence yesterday after dinner he went to Łańcut. He is not going to Ukraine, and says thus: “I am neither hetman nor soldier until the spring.” He is to go to Janowiec, but first he will hold a conference with Woieński […] at Łańcut.

The rest of the letter, in cipher where it matters: Born took it ill that there was no letter for him from the recipient, and would not say a word to Wąsowicz when he called on him; Born’s people say there is no concord in the army and nothing good will be done without him; the deputies of the army are being paid in szelągi, the debased copper coin, and the army must hold its circle in secret. Born is already taking Połonne and has summoned its burghers to Łańcut. The Cupbearer’s death is put down to an unheard-of fatness that caught fire from a great dance, for he had fallen in love with a German woman at Danzig, and to an internal stone. A postscript after the date line says that Born was to visit Argent, but Paczanowski spoke of a change.

05 How it was checked

The table. R7501 was transcribed and checked on the one letter already deciphered (R7502, with its interlinear clear text and the sheet R7511).
Applied unchanged to the seven unglossed letters: every cipher passage gives Polish.
Blind check on the letter of 5 May 1663, held out. The protocol was written before computing; the numbers were transcribed by shape and frozen (SHA-256) before any decoding, then measured with a Polish lexicon: 0.389 of the words found, against a 99th percentile of 0.083 for 1,000 permuted tables and 1,000 shuffled texts.
Doubtful numbers were settled by sense only, and marked. After the measurement, errors in the frozen transcription were identified without touching the file: a flat-topped 3 read as 5 (cho{d}ził, {około}), 35 for 38 ({p}ilniey), “21 [3]” for 25 23 (Marszał{ek}).

Numbers outside the table are the writer’s slips or overwritings, not code: 69 for 96 (ru‹y›ki, reversed digits), 13 for 53 (‹z›udiencyach), 36 for 63 (kon‹36›idencyą, reversed), 92 for 52 twice ({n}ie kazano, a{n}i), 33 for 22 (‹d›ytności for bytności), and 93, an overwritten 13. Across the eight transcriptions, 1,561 of 1,587 numbers (98.4%) are transcribed without doubt and have a value in the table; the other 26 are doubtful digits, mostly in the frozen transcription of 5 May 1663, or slips, each resolved by sense in the reading. Read as sentences against the translation, every letter’s cipher passages build Polish with the clear text around them; the established texts give the clear text only where it is needed for the sense.

No earlier decipherment was found: DECODE gives the records no status, key file or decryption, and a web search on 27 October 2026 found none.

06 What remains uncertain

19 March 1663: ‹przezęidą› gives no word as it stands, with two digits uncertain; the sense expected is przeydą (will pass over), not proven (M). The end of komendyrowani‹e› lies outside the line crop used. z z{a}wiązku (from the confederation) is the likeliest reading of a badly formed group; z związku remains possible (M).
5 May 1663: the readings in braces correct digits misread in the frozen transcription (C, forced by the sentence); {iak}‹ł›: 90 53 23 gives iak, and the following 40 (ł) is the writer’s addition.
9 December 1663: numbers lost in the tear of the right edge or cut off at the line end are restored in square brackets (upo[do]bał, list[u], teraźnie[y]szych) (I).
People. Born (with “the Bornowscy”, his people), Argent, Paczanowski, Paprocki and Woieński are not identified, nor Bieykowski and “the father” of February 1663, nor the Starost of Spisz meant here. Tekieli may be of the Hungarian Thököly family (not verified). The Cupbearer’s identification is probable.
Dates and places. The undated letter is placed between December 1662 and early 1663 by its opening (the Marshal leaving for the Wolbórz circle); the archivist’s pencil gives 1663. The established texts do not say where Wąsowicz wrote the first six letters; he writes from the court (tu w Cancellaryach, here in the chancelleries).

Full texts

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Wąsowicz to Lubomirski, 29 November 1662 (ANK AKPot 3227, p. 137; DECODE R7503)

Wąsowicz reports that the Voivode of Ruthenia, Stefan Czarniecki, has himself subscribed to something; only his title is in cipher. Written as the Crown army's confederation pressed the court for its pay.

Transcription

R7503_transcription.txt

# Wąsowicz to Lubomirski, 29 November 1662 (ANK AKPot 3227, p. 137; DECODE R7503)
# numbers as written; | = clear text between cipher runs
72 70 90 25 72 70 33 53 | 35 92 69 23 90

Decryption

R7503_decryption.txt

# Wąsowicz to Lubomirski, 29 November 1662 (ANK AKPot 3227, p. 137; DECODE R7503): number=value (key.tsv); ‹n› number without value
72=w 70=o 90=i 25=e 72=w 70=o 33=d 53=a | 35=r 92=u 69=y 23=k 90=i

Reading

R7503_reading.md

# Wąsowicz to Lubomirski, 29 November 1662 (ANK AKPot 3227, p. 137; DECODE R7503): text in context (Polish)

[…] clear text not reproduced; {x} probable; ‹x› slip or unresolved.

[…] do ktorych y sam się przyznał woiewoda ru‹y›ki […]

Translation

R7503_translation.md

# Wąsowicz to Lubomirski, 29 November 1662 (ANK AKPot 3227, p. 137; DECODE R7503): English translation

[…] to which [the Voivode of Ruthenia] himself has subscribed […]

Wąsowicz to Lubomirski, [December 1662 – January 1663] (undated) (ANK AKPot 3227, pp. 181–183; DECODE R7504)

Undated letter of winter 1662-1663: the Marshal Jerzy Sebastian Lubomirski leaves for the army's circle at Wolbórz; the rest concerns the estate of Błażejowa, held in pledge for 300,000 by a Tekieli who lacked indigenate, and how to secure a donation of it on the palatine's death. The names are in cipher.

Transcription

R7504_transcription.txt

# Wąsowicz to Lubomirski, [December 1662 – January 1663] (undated) (ANK AKPot 3227, pp. 181–183; DECODE R7504)
# numbers as written; | = clear text between cipher runs
p. 181 : 22 40 53 13 25 90 70 = 72 25 69
34 53 35 96 13 53 40 23 70 72 90
38 52 25 34 | 70 69 41 25 34 | 53 | 28 25 23 90 25 30 25 34
22 40 53 = 13 25 90 70 72 68 | 28 25 23 90 25 30 90
52 90 25 | 34 53 90 68 41 | 90 52 33 90 21 25 52 53 28 92
28 25 23 90 25 30 90
38 53 30 53 28 69 52 92 96 70 72 25 69
28 25 23 90 (25) 30 25 34 92
p. 182 : 38 53 30 53 28 90 52 92 96
38 53 30 53 28 69 52 92 96 53
22 40 53 13 25 90 70 72 25 69
p. 183 : 28 25 23 90 25 30 25 34 92
52 53 | 22 40 53 13 25 90 70 72 25 69
96 | 38 53 30 53 28 69 52 92 96 = 25 34

Decryption

R7504_decryption.txt

# Wąsowicz to Lubomirski, [December 1662 – January 1663] (undated) (ANK AKPot 3227, pp. 181–183; DECODE R7504): number=value (key.tsv); ‹n› number without value
p.=‹p.› 181=‹181› :=‹:› 22=b 40=ł 53=a 13=z 25=e 90=i 70=o ==‹=› 72=w 25=e 69=y
34=m 53=a 35=r 96=s 13=z 53=a 40=ł 23=k 70=o 72=w 90=i
38=p 52=n 25=e 34=m | 70=o 69=y 41=c 25=e 34=m | 53=a | 28=t 25=e 23=k 90=i 25=e 30=l 25=e 34=m
22=b 40=ł 53=a ==‹=› 13=z 25=e 90=i 70=o 72=w 68=ą | 28=t 25=e 23=k 90=i 25=e 30=l 90=i
52=n 90=i 25=e | 34=m 53=a 90=i 68=ą 41=c | 90=i 52=n 33=d 90=i 21=g 25=e 52=n 53=a 28=t 92=u
28=t 25=e 23=k 90=i 25=e 30=l 90=i
38=p 53=a 30=l 53=a 28=t 69=y 52=n 92=u 96=s 70=o 72=w 25=e 69=y
28=t 25=e 23=k 90=i (25)=‹(25)› 30=l 25=e 34=m 92=u
p.=‹p.› 182=‹182› :=‹:› 38=p 53=a 30=l 53=a 28=t 90=i 52=n 92=u 96=s
38=p 53=a 30=l 53=a 28=t 69=y 52=n 92=u 96=s 53=a
22=b 40=ł 53=a 13=z 25=e 90=i 70=o 72=w 25=e 69=y
p.=‹p.› 183=‹183› :=‹:› 28=t 25=e 23=k 90=i 25=e 30=l 25=e 34=m 92=u
52=n 53=a | 22=b 40=ł 53=a 13=z 25=e 90=i 70=o 72=w 25=e 69=y
96=s | 38=p 53=a 30=l 53=a 28=t 69=y 52=n 92=u 96=s ==‹=› 25=e 34=m

Reading

R7504_reading.md

# Wąsowicz to Lubomirski, [December 1662 – January 1663] (undated) (ANK AKPot 3227, pp. 181–183; DECODE R7504): text in context (Polish)

[…] clear text not reproduced; {x} probable; ‹x› slip or unresolved.

Dziś wyieżdża JMP Marszałek do Wolborza na koło […]. A ia strony Błażeiowey dawno WMM Panu y Dobrodzieiowi oznaymiłem, że tu w Cancellaryach żadney o tym noty, y iesliby co było danego od Krola JM marszałkowi […] trzeba do postarania się o intercyzę między p[a]nem oycem a Tekielem, w ktorey ma być taki sens, że modo obligatorio trzymać ma Błażeiową Tekieli we trzech kroć sto tysięcy, bo kupić tych dobr nie mogł nie maiąc indigenatu […]. Za takim tedy prawem siedział Tekieli, ktory niechybnie po śmierci palatynusowey zechce czynić staranie o recuperacyą iego. […] przywrocić Tekiel‹e›mu.

[…] kiedyby wprzod umarł palatinus […] po wstąpieniu z tego świata palatynusa […]. Starać się, aby uczyniono realiter donatią Błażeiowey, wręcz proponuiąc, że Syn za wstąpieniem Oyca nie utrzyma maiętności […].

[…] blisko tego, isz Tekielemu, gdyby sam Syn faworował na Błażeiowey, danoby prętko absolucyą. A in recompensam donatii uczynić contract osobny s palatynusem […]

Translation

R7504_translation.md

# Wąsowicz to Lubomirski, [December 1662 – January 1663] (undated) (ANK AKPot 3227, pp. 181–183; DECODE R7504): English translation

Today His Grace the Marshal leaves for Wolbórz, for the circle […]. As for [Błażejowa], I long ago informed Your Grace, my lord and benefactor, that there is no note of it here in the chancelleries, nor of anything that might have been granted by His Majesty the King [to the Marshal] […] one must see to obtaining a deed [between the lord father and Tekieli], to the effect that [Tekieli] holds [Błażejowa] by way of obligation (modo obligatorio) for three hundred thousand, since he could not buy these estates [having no indigenate] […]. It is on such a title that [Tekieli] sat, who will no doubt, after the death [of the palatine’s wife], try to recover it. […] restore [to Tekieli].

[…] if [the palatine] had died first […] after [the palatine] has departed this world […]. To see that the donation [of Błażejowa] is made in fact, proposing outright that the Son, on the Father’s death, will not keep the estate […].

[…] it comes close to this: that [Tekieli], if the Son himself favoured [the Błażejowa matter], would soon be granted absolution. And in return for the donation, to make a separate contract [with the palatine] […]

Wąsowicz to Lubomirski, 25 January 1663 (ANK AKPot 3227, p. 200; DECODE R7505)

The court strives to keep the agreement with the confederated army; the circle of Wolbórz must be satisfied, and the whole point is that the money be brought in. Wąsowicz watches the Marshal's manoeuvres.

Transcription

R7505_transcription.txt

# Wąsowicz to Lubomirski, 25 January 1663 (ANK AKPot 3227, p. 200; DECODE R7505)
# numbers as written; | = clear text between cipher runs
72 90 33 13 90 25 41 | 70 22 35 70 28 69 | 90 53 23 90 25 | 34 90 53 40 | 34 53 35 96 13 53 40 25 23
13 21 70 33 12 | 13 | 72 70 69 96 23 90 25 34 | 33 72 70 35 | 33 70 28 35 13 69 34 53 72 53 41 | 92 96 90 40 92 90 25 | 69
23 70 40 92 | 72 70 30 22 70 35 96 23 90 25 34 92 | 96 69 41 | 96 28 53 40 70
53 22 69 | 38 90 25 52 90 68 33 13 25 | 13 72 90 25 13 90 70 52 70

Decryption

R7505_decryption.txt

# Wąsowicz to Lubomirski, 25 January 1663 (ANK AKPot 3227, p. 200; DECODE R7505): number=value (key.tsv); ‹n› number without value
72=w 90=i 33=d 13=z 90=i 25=e 41=c | 70=o 22=b 35=r 70=o 28=t 69=y | 90=i 53=a 23=k 90=i 25=e | 34=m 90=i 53=a 40=ł | 34=m 53=a 35=r 96=s 13=z 53=a 40=ł 25=e 23=k
13=z 21=g 70=o 33=d 12=ę | 13=z | 72=w 70=o 69=y 96=s 23=k 90=i 25=e 34=m | 33=d 72=w 70=o 35=r | 33=d 70=o 28=t 35=r 13=z 69=y 34=m 53=a 72=w 53=a 41=c | 92=u 96=s 90=i 40=ł 92=u 90=i 25=e | 69=y
23=k 70=o 40=ł 92=u | 72=w 70=o 30=l 22=b 70=o 35=r 96=s 23=k 90=i 25=e 34=m 92=u | 96=s 69=y 41=c | 96=s 28=t 53=a 40=ł 70=o
53=a 22=b 69=y | 38=p 90=i 25=e 52=n 90=i 68=ą 33=d 13=z 25=e | 13=z 72=w 90=i 25=e 13=z 90=i 70=o 52=n 70=o

Reading

R7505_reading.md

# Wąsowicz to Lubomirski, 25 January 1663 (ANK AKPot 3227, p. 200; DECODE R7505): text in context (Polish)

[…] clear text not reproduced; {x} probable; ‹x› slip or unresolved.

[…] widziec obroty iakie miał marszałek. […] zgodę z woyskiem dwor dotrzymawac usiłuie y […] piłne starania aby się kołu wolborskiemu [do]syc stało. Cała rzecz aby pieniądze zwieziono. […]

Translation

R7505_translation.md

# Wąsowicz to Lubomirski, 25 January 1663 (ANK AKPot 3227, p. 200; DECODE R7505): English translation

[…] [to see the manoeuvres the Marshal has made.] […] [The court strives to keep the agreement with the army, and] […] diligent efforts so that [the circle of Wolbórz be satisfied.] The whole point: [that the money be brought in.] […]

Wąsowicz to Lubomirski, 17–18 February 1663 (ANK AKPot 3227, p. 209; DECODE R7506)

The Marshal is well received by the King and Queen at the audiences; someone was told to negotiate nothing further, only to serve the King after the confederation and to watch whether the army plots harm against the fatherland.

Transcription

R7506_transcription.txt

# Wąsowicz to Lubomirski, 17–18 February 1663 (ANK AKPot 3227, p. 209; DECODE R7506)
# numbers as written; | = clear text between cipher runs
34 53 35 96 13 53 40 25 23
38 35 13 69 90 12 28 69 | 92 | 23 35 70 30 25 96 28 72 53 | 69 | 52 53 | 13 92 33 90 25 52 41 69 53 41 88 | 34 90 25 72 53
96 28 53 35 70 96 41 90 25 | 96 38 90 96 23 90 25 34 92
92 | 70 69 41 53 | 23 70 52 36 90 33 25 52 41 69 68 | 13 | 22 90 25 69 23 70 72 96 23 90 25 34
92 90 25 | 23 53 13 53 52 70
38 70 | 13 72 90 68 13 23 92 | 96 40 92 13 69 40 | 23 35 70 30 70 72 90
38 35 13 25 96 28 35 13 25 21 53 41 | 90 25 96 30 90 | 72 70 69 96 23 70 | 41 13 25 21 70 | 13 40 25 21 70 | 52 90 25 | 34 69 96 30 90 | 70 69 41 13 69 13 52 90 25

Decryption

R7506_decryption.txt

# Wąsowicz to Lubomirski, 17–18 February 1663 (ANK AKPot 3227, p. 209; DECODE R7506): number=value (key.tsv); ‹n› number without value
34=m 53=a 35=r 96=s 13=z 53=a 40=ł 25=e 23=k
38=p 35=r 13=z 69=y 90=i 12=ę 28=t 69=y | 92=u | 23=k 35=r 70=o 30=l 25=e 96=s 28=t 72=w 53=a | 69=y | 52=n 53=a | 13=z 92=u 33=d 90=i 25=e 52=n 41=c 69=y 53=a 41=c 88=h | 34=m 90=i 25=e 72=w 53=a
96=s 28=t 53=a 35=r 70=o 96=s 41=c 90=i 25=e | 96=s 38=p 90=i 96=s 23=k 90=i 25=e 34=m 92=u
92=u | 70=o 69=y 41=c 53=a | 23=k 70=o 52=n 36=‹36› 90=i 33=d 25=e 52=n 41=c 69=y 68=ą | 13=z | 22=b 90=i 25=e 69=y 23=k 70=o 72=w 96=s 23=k 90=i 25=e 34=m
92=u 90=i 25=e | 23=k 53=a 13=z 53=a 52=n 70=o
38=p 70=o | 13=z 72=w 90=i 68=ą 13=z 23=k 92=u | 96=s 40=ł 92=u 13=z 69=y 40=ł | 23=k 35=r 70=o 30=l 70=o 72=w 90=i
38=p 35=r 13=z 25=e 96=s 28=t 35=r 13=z 25=e 21=g 53=a 41=c | 90=i 25=e 96=s 30=l 90=i | 72=w 70=o 69=y 96=s 23=k 70=o | 41=c 13=z 25=e 21=g 70=o | 13=z 40=ł 25=e 21=g 70=o | 52=n 90=i 25=e | 34=m 69=y 96=s 30=l 90=i | 70=o 69=y 41=c 13=z 69=y 13=z 52=n 90=i 25=e

Reading

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# Wąsowicz to Lubomirski, 17–18 February 1663 (ANK AKPot 3227, p. 209; DECODE R7506): text in context (Polish)

[…] clear text not reproduced; {x} probable; ‹x› slip or unresolved.

Marszałek dosyć dobrze przyięty u krolestwa y na ‹z›udiencyach miewa […] kontentowania. […] staroscie spiskiemu […] u oyca kon‹36›idencyą z Bieykowskiem nic więcey tractować {n}ie kazano, tylko zeby po związku służył krolowi, a temu zeby przestrzegac iesli woysko czego złego nie mysli oyczyznie. […]

Translation

R7506_translation.md

# Wąsowicz to Lubomirski, 17–18 February 1663 (ANK AKPot 3227, p. 209; DECODE R7506): English translation

[The Marshal] is rather well [received by Their Majesties and obtains at the audiences] […] satisfaction. […] [to the Starost of Spisz] […] [the confidence at the father’s with Bieykowski:] [he was ordered] to negotiate nothing further, only [that after the confederation he should serve the King], and that he [should watch whether the army is plotting some harm against the fatherland.] […]

Wąsowicz to Lubomirski, 19 March 1663 (ANK AKPot 3227, p. 225; DECODE R7507)

The Marshal has obliged the royal couple by sending Tatar [prisoners?]; he will not detach the better banners from the confederation before the circle, but promises that many will leave it afterwards; Czarniecki will not set out again.

Transcription

R7507_transcription.txt

# Wąsowicz to Lubomirski, 19 March 1663 (ANK AKPot 3227, p. 225; DECODE R7507)
# numbers as written; | = clear text between cipher runs
38 35 13 69 96 40 53 40
34 53 35 96 13 53 40 25 23 · […] · 70 22 30 90 21 70 72 53 40 | 23 35 70 =
30 25 96 28 72 70 · […] · 38 35 13 25 33 | 23 70 40 25 34 | 30 25 38 96 13 69 41 88
70 33 2[5] 35 72 53 41 | 41 88 70 35 68 21 72 90 | 53 30 25 | 38 70 | 23 70 30 25 | 92 38 25 72 52 90 53
13 25 | 90 41 88 | 96 90 40 53 | 13 | 13 ? 72 90 68 13 23 92 | 72 69 52 90 33 13 90 25 | 72 70 90 25 =
72 70 33 53 | 35 92 96 23 90 | 13 52 70 72 92 | 52 90 25 | 72 69 90 25 33 13 90 25
52 53 | 28 12 | 90 34 | 38 3? 2? 13 12 90 33 68 | 23 70 34 25 52 33 69 35 70 72 53 52 90 …

Decryption

R7507_decryption.txt

# Wąsowicz to Lubomirski, 19 March 1663 (ANK AKPot 3227, p. 225; DECODE R7507): number=value (key.tsv); ‹n› number without value
38=p 35=r 13=z 69=y 96=s 40=ł 53=a 40=ł
34=m 53=a 35=r 96=s 13=z 53=a 40=ł 25=e 23=k ·=‹·› […]=‹…› ·=‹·› 70=o 22=b 30=l 90=i 21=g 70=o 72=w 53=a 40=ł | 23=k 35=r 70=o ==‹=›
30=l 25=e 96=s 28=t 72=w 70=o ·=‹·› […]=‹…› ·=‹·› 38=p 35=r 13=z 25=e 33=d | 23=k 70=o 40=ł 25=e 34=m | 30=l 25=e 38=p 96=s 13=z 69=y 41=c 88=h
70=o 33=d 2[5]=‹2[5› 35=r 72=w 53=a 41=c | 41=c 88=h 70=o 35=r 68=ą 21=g 72=w 90=i | 53=a 30=l 25=e | 38=p 70=o | 23=k 70=o 30=l 25=e | 92=u 38=p 25=e 72=w 52=n 90=i 53=a
13=z 25=e | 90=i 41=c 88=h | 96=s 90=i 40=ł 53=a | 13=z | 13=z ?=‹› 72=w 90=i 68=ą 13=z 23=k 92=u | 72=w 69=y 52=n 90=i 33=d 13=z 90=i 25=e | 72=w 70=o 90=i 25=e ==‹=›
72=w 70=o 33=d 53=a | 35=r 92=u 96=s 23=k 90=i | 13=z 52=n 70=o 72=w 92=u | 52=n 90=i 25=e | 72=w 69=y 90=i 25=e 33=d 13=z 90=i 25=e
52=n 53=a | 28=t 12=ę | 90=i 34=m | 38=p 3?=‹3› 2?=‹2› 13=z 12=ę 90=i 33=d 68=ą | 23=k 70=o 34=m 25=e 52=n 33=d 69=y 35=r 70=o 72=w 53=a 52=n 90=i …=‹…›

Reading

R7507_reading.md

# Wąsowicz to Lubomirski, 19 March 1663 (ANK AKPot 3227, p. 225; DECODE R7507): text in context (Polish)

[…] clear text not reproduced; {x} probable; ‹x› slip or unresolved.

[…] także tatarskie przysłał marszałek, czym tu sobie wielce obligował krolestwo. Nie obiecuie przed kołem lepszych oderwac chorągwi, ale po kole upewnia, że ich siła z z{a}wiązku wynidzie. Woiewoda ruski znowu nie wyiedzie, ludzie iednak na tę im ‹przezęidą› komendyrowani‹e› […]

Translation

R7507_translation.md

# Wąsowicz to Lubomirski, 19 March 1663 (ANK AKPot 3227, p. 225; DECODE R7507): English translation

[…] [the Marshal] has also [sent] Tatar [prisoners?], by which he has greatly [obliged Their Majesties] here. He does not promise [to detach the better banners before the circle, but after the circle he gives assurance that a good many of them will leave the confederation. The Voivode of Ruthenia will not set out again]; the men however [will pass? under this command] […]

Wąsowicz to Lubomirski, 5 May 1663 (ANK AKPot 3227, p. 235; DECODE R7508)

The Marshal stays at Łańcut without a word to the court; when the King moves from Cracow with the camp, the plan is to see whether the Marshal detaches the banners from the confederation as he promised and brings them to the King.

Transcription

R7508_transcription.txt

# Wąsowicz to Lubomirski, 5 May 1663 (ANK AKPot 3227, p. 235; DECODE R7508)
# numbers as written; | = clear text between cipher runs
72 41 13 69 34 | 33 53 40 25 34 | 90 25 34 92 | 28 12 | 90 52 63 70 35 34 53 41 69 68
13 5? 22 69 | 21 70 | 72 28 12 | 70 22 30 90 21 53 41 69 68 | 72 41 90 68 21 52 68 41 | 69 | 13 25 22 69 | 35 90 30 =
52 90 25 69 | 41 88 70 35 1[3/5] 9[0/8] 40 | 70 2[5/3] 70 [9/4]0 | 28 25 21 70 | 41 70 | 38 53 52 92 | 70 22 90 25 41 53 40
! 34 53 35 96 13 53 40 21 [3/9]
96 90 25 33 13 90 | 72 | 40 53 52 41 92 41 90 25 | 52 90 25 | 70 33 13 69 72 53 90 68 41 | 96 90 12 3[3/5] 72 70 =
3[5/1] 70 72 90 | 70 52 90 34 96 68 28 92 | 3[5/1] 70 13 92 34 90 25 52 90 53
34 53 35 96 13 53 40 2[3/5] 53
90 2[5/1] 96 [3/5]0 90 | ! 40 33 0 35 72 90 25 | 41 88 70 35 68 | 21 72 90 25 | 90 53 2[8/3] 40 | 70 22 90 25 41 53 40 70 3[5] =
13 72 90 68 13 23 92 | 69 | 90 25 96 30 90 | 38 35 13 69 69 33 13 90 25 13 | 52 90 25 34 90 | 33 70 | 23 35 70 30 53

Decryption

R7508_decryption.txt

# Wąsowicz to Lubomirski, 5 May 1663 (ANK AKPot 3227, p. 235; DECODE R7508): number=value (key.tsv); ‹n› number without value
72=w 41=c 13=z 69=y 34=m | 33=d 53=a 40=ł 25=e 34=m | 90=i 25=e 34=m 92=u | 28=t 12=ę | 90=i 52=n 63=f 70=o 35=r 34=m 53=a 41=c 69=y 68=ą
13=z 5?=‹5› 22=b 69=y | 21=g 70=o | 72=w 28=t 12=ę | 70=o 22=b 30=l 90=i 21=g 53=a 41=c 69=y 68=ą | 72=w 41=c 90=i 68=ą 21=g 52=n 68=ą 41=c | 69=y | 13=z 25=e 22=b 69=y | 35=r 90=i 30=l ==‹=›
52=n 90=i 25=e 69=y | 41=c 88=h 70=o 35=r 1[3/5]=‹1[3/5› 9[0/8]=‹9[0/8› 40=ł | 70=o 2[5/3]=‹2[5/3› 70=o [9/4]0=‹9/4]0› | 28=t 25=e 21=g 70=o | 41=c 70=o | 38=p 53=a 52=n 92=u | 70=o 22=b 90=i 25=e 41=c 53=a 40=ł
!=‹!› 34=m 53=a 35=r 96=s 13=z 53=a 40=ł 21=g [3/9]=‹3/9›
96=s 90=i 25=e 33=d 13=z 90=i | 72=w | 40=ł 53=a 52=n 41=c 92=u 41=c 90=i 25=e | 52=n 90=i 25=e | 70=o 33=d 13=z 69=y 72=w 53=a 90=i 68=ą 41=c | 96=s 90=i 12=ę 3[3/5]=‹3[3/5› 72=w 70=o ==‹=›
3[5/1]=‹3[5/1› 70=o 72=w 90=i | 70=o 52=n 90=i 34=m 96=s 68=ą 28=t 92=u | 3[5/1]=‹3[5/1› 70=o 13=z 92=u 34=m 90=i 25=e 52=n 90=i 53=a
34=m 53=a 35=r 96=s 13=z 53=a 40=ł 2[3/5]=‹2[3/5› 53=a
90=i 2[5/1]=‹2[5/1› 96=s [3/5]0=‹3/5]0› 90=i | !=‹!› 40=ł 33=d 0=‹0› 35=r 72=w 90=i 25=e | 41=c 88=h 70=o 35=r 68=ą | 21=g 72=w 90=i 25=e | 90=i 53=a 2[8/3]=‹2[8/3› 40=ł | 70=o 22=b 90=i 25=e 41=c 53=a 40=ł 70=o 3[5]=‹3[5› ==‹=›
13=z 72=w 90=i 68=ą 13=z 23=k 92=u | 69=y | 90=i 25=e 96=s 30=l 90=i | 38=p 35=r 13=z 69=y 69=y 33=d 13=z 90=i 25=e 13=z | 52=n 90=i 25=e 34=m 90=i | 33=d 70=o | 23=k 35=r 70=o 30=l 53=a

Reading

R7508_reading.md

# Wąsowicz to Lubomirski, 5 May 1663 (ANK AKPot 3227, p. 235; DECODE R7508): text in context (Polish)

[…] clear text not reproduced; {x} probable; ‹x› slip or unresolved.

[…] zeby Chorągiew pozwoliła na przyście, w czym dałem iemu tę informacyą, a to dla tego {ze}by go w tę obligacyą wciągnąc y zeby {p}ilniey cho{d}ził {około} tego co panu obiecał. Ale y w tym więcey będę mógł powiedzieć WMM Panu y Dobrodzieiowi.

Marszał{ek} ze teraz siedzi w Łancucie nie odzywaiąc się dworowi; o nim są tu rożne rozumienia. Widzę że kiedy się Król JM ruszy s pod Krakowa z obozem, idea konsyderować marszałka, iesli {oderwie} chorągwie {iak}‹ł› obiecał od związku, iesli przyydzie z niemi do krola. […]

Translation

R7508_translation.md

# Wąsowicz to Lubomirski, 5 May 1663 (ANK AKPot 3227, p. 235; DECODE R7508): English translation

[…] that the banner should consent to come, [in which I gave him this information], and that [in order to draw him into this obligation, so that he should attend more diligently to what he promised the lord]. But on this too I shall be able to tell Your Grace, my lord and benefactor, more.

[The Marshal] is now [staying at Łańcut without a word to the court; about him there are here] various [opinions]. I see that when His Majesty the King moves from Cracow with the camp, the idea is to watch [the Marshal: whether he detaches the banners from the confederation, as he promised, whether he comes with them to the King.] […]

Wąsowicz to Lubomirski, 9 December 1663 (ANK AKPot 3227, p. 239; DECODE R7509)

Beginning of the letter of 9 December 1663, continued in R7510: the Archdeacon of Sandomierz has not asked after Lubomirski's health.

Transcription

R7509_transcription.txt

# Wąsowicz to Lubomirski, 9 December 1663 (ANK AKPot 3227, p. 239; DECODE R7509)
# numbers as written; | = clear text between cipher runs
52 90 25 | 96 38 69 28 53 40 | 96 90 12
70 | 13 33 35 70 72 90 25 | 72 53 96 13 25 41 90

Decryption

R7509_decryption.txt

# Wąsowicz to Lubomirski, 9 December 1663 (ANK AKPot 3227, p. 239; DECODE R7509): number=value (key.tsv); ‹n› number without value
52=n 90=i 25=e | 96=s 38=p 69=y 28=t 53=a 40=ł | 96=s 90=i 12=ę
70=o | 13=z 33=d 35=r 70=o 72=w 90=i 25=e | 72=w 53=a 96=s 13=z 25=e 41=c 90=i

Reading

R7509_reading.md

# Wąsowicz to Lubomirski, 9 December 1663 (ANK AKPot 3227, p. 239; DECODE R7509): text in context (Polish)

[…] clear text not reproduced; {x} probable; ‹x› slip or unresolved.

[…] na ten czas X. Archidyakon Sendomirski nie spytał się nay mnieyszym podobieństwem o zdrowie Waszeci. […]

Translation

R7509_translation.md

# Wąsowicz to Lubomirski, 9 December 1663 (ANK AKPot 3227, p. 239; DECODE R7509): English translation

[…] for the time being the Archdeacon of Sandomierz [has not asked] in the slightest way [after Your Grace’s health.] […]

Wąsowicz to Lubomirski, 9 December 1663, continued (Jarosław) (ANK AKPot 3227, pp. 245–248; DECODE R7510)

End of the Jarosław letter of 9 December 1663, after the funeral of the Cupbearer (probably Konstanty Jacek Lubomirski): Born's grievances and his taking of Połonne; the Marshal refuses the King's Ukrainian campaign ('iam ani hetman ani żołnierz do wiosny'); the army's deputies paid in debased szelągi; gossip about the Cupbearer's death.

Transcription

R7510_transcription.txt

# Wąsowicz to Lubomirski, 9 December 1663, continued (Jarosław) (ANK AKPot 3227, pp. 245–248; DECODE R7510)
# numbers as written; | = clear text between cipher runs
p. 245 : 33 70 | 52 90 25 21 70 | 30 9[0] = 96 28 92 | 70 33 | 72 53 96 13 25 41 90
38 53 38 35 = 70 41 23 90
72 | 33 70 34 92 | 52 53 96 13 69 34
13 | 96 70 22 68 | 23 70 35 25 96 38 70 52 33 25 52 41 69 90
38 90 96 53 41 | 22 69 40 70
35 70 22 90 40 | 90 34 90 = 25 52 90 25 34 | 90 25 21 70
30 90 96 28 92 | 13 25 | 52 90 25 | 33 5[3] = 52 70
72 | 96 38 35 53 72 53 41 88 | 28 25 35 53 13 52 90 25 [69] = 96 13 69 41 88
p. 246 : 92 52 90 25 21 70 | 72 | 38 70 23 70 90 92 = 90 25 33 52 25 21 70 | 96 40 70 72 53 | 33 70 | 34 52 90 25 | 34 70 72 90 41 | 52 90 25 = 41 88 41 90 53 40
33 40 92 21 90 = 38 70 13 70 96 28 53 40 25
52 90 25 | 90 33 13 90 25 | 72 | 92 23 35 53 90 52 12
90 53 34 = 53 92 90 | 88 25 28 34 53 52 | 53 52 90 | 13 70 40 52 90 25 35 13 | 33 70 | 72 90 70 96 = 52 69 · 34 53 | 90 25 41 88 53 41 | 33 70 | 90 53 52 70 72 41 53
92 = 41 13 69 52 90 | 23 70 52 63 25 35 25 52 41 69 68 | 13 | 72 70 90 25 52 96 23 90 25 34
72 40 53 52 41 92 41 90 25
13 25 | 72 | 72 70 69 96 23 92 | 52 90 25 | 34 53 96 13 | 13 21 70 33 69
52 90 41 | 96 90 12 | 33 70 22 35 25 21 70 | 52 90 25 | 96 28 53 52 90 25
22 25 13 | 90 25 21 70 | 33 69 28 52 70 96 41 90
41 90 41 88 70 = 38 70 96 40 53 30 90 | 33 70 | 72 70 69 96 23 53 | 13 33 53 90 68 41 | 13 52 53 41 | 13 25 22 69
34 69 96 30 90 30 90 | 70 | 96 70 22 90 25 | 22 70 | 28 92 | 96 13 25 30 68 21 53 34 90 = 38 40 53 41 68 | 33 25 38 92 28 53 28 70 34
22 35 53 = 41 | 90 41 88
13 25 | 72 70 69 96 23 70 = 34 92 96 90 | 34 90 25 41 | 23 70 40 70 | 38 70 28 53 90 25 34 52 90 25
p. 247 : 34 90 53 40 | 93 · […] · 35 70 13 34 70 72 12
96 23 53 35 = 13 69 40 | 96 90 12 | 52 53 | 72 53 96 13 25 41 90
90 25 21 70 | 35 92 90 52 68 | 41 88 41 25 96 13 = 53 72 53 52 41 70 72 53 41
90 92 13 | 38 70 40 70 52 52 25 | 70 33 25 69 34 92 90 25
69 | 96 40 92 41 88 53 41 | 38 53 52 90 | 52 90 25 | 22 53 35 13 70 | 22 12 33 68
34 90 25 96 13 41 13 53 52 70 34 | 38 70 40 70 52 96 23 90 34 | 72 40 53 52 41 92 41 90 25
92 38 70 3[…] = 22 53 40 | 52 90 25 34 23 12 | 72 25 | 21 33 53 52 96 23 92 | 69 | 13 53 23 70 41 88 53 40
23 35 13 25 34 69 23 | 72 52 25 28 35 13 52 69
34 90 12 33 13 69 | 22 90 53 40 25 34 90 | 21 40 70 72 53 34 90
p. 248 (P.-S.) : 34 90 53 40 | 22 69 41 | 28 25 35 53 13
96 28 53 35 70 96 28 53 | 96 38 90 96 23 90
38 53 41 13 53 52 70 72 96 23 90
90 53 33 68 41 | 38 35 13 25 13 = 40 53 52 41 92 28

Decryption

R7510_decryption.txt

# Wąsowicz to Lubomirski, 9 December 1663, continued (Jarosław) (ANK AKPot 3227, pp. 245–248; DECODE R7510): number=value (key.tsv); ‹n› number without value
p.=‹p.› 245=‹245› :=‹:› 33=d 70=o | 52=n 90=i 25=e 21=g 70=o | 30=l 9[0]=‹9[0› ==‹=› 96=s 28=t 92=u | 70=o 33=d | 72=w 53=a 96=s 13=z 25=e 41=c 90=i
38=p 53=a 38=p 35=r ==‹=› 70=o 41=c 23=k 90=i
72=w | 33=d 70=o 34=m 92=u | 52=n 53=a 96=s 13=z 69=y 34=m
13=z | 96=s 70=o 22=b 68=ą | 23=k 70=o 35=r 25=e 96=s 38=p 70=o 52=n 33=d 25=e 52=n 41=c 69=y 90=i
38=p 90=i 96=s 53=a 41=c | 22=b 69=y 40=ł 70=o
35=r 70=o 22=b 90=i 40=ł | 90=i 34=m 90=i ==‹=› 25=e 52=n 90=i 25=e 34=m | 90=i 25=e 21=g 70=o
30=l 90=i 96=s 28=t 92=u | 13=z 25=e | 52=n 90=i 25=e | 33=d 5[3]=‹5[3› ==‹=› 52=n 70=o
72=w | 96=s 38=p 35=r 53=a 72=w 53=a 41=c 88=h | 28=t 25=e 35=r 53=a 13=z 52=n 90=i 25=e [69]=y ==‹=› 96=s 13=z 69=y 41=c 88=h
p.=‹p.› 246=‹246› :=‹:› 92=u 52=n 90=i 25=e 21=g 70=o | 72=w | 38=p 70=o 23=k 70=o 90=i 92=u ==‹=› 90=i 25=e 33=d 52=n 25=e 21=g 70=o | 96=s 40=ł 70=o 72=w 53=a | 33=d 70=o | 34=m 52=n 90=i 25=e | 34=m 70=o 72=w 90=i 41=c | 52=n 90=i 25=e ==‹=› 41=c 88=h 41=c 90=i 53=a 40=ł
33=d 40=ł 92=u 21=g 90=i ==‹=› 38=p 70=o 13=z 70=o 96=s 28=t 53=a 40=ł 25=e
52=n 90=i 25=e | 90=i 33=d 13=z 90=i 25=e | 72=w | 92=u 23=k 35=r 53=a 90=i 52=n 12=ę
90=i 53=a 34=m ==‹=› 53=a 92=u 90=i | 88=h 25=e 28=t 34=m 53=a 52=n | 53=a 52=n 90=i | 13=z 70=o 40=ł 52=n 90=i 25=e 35=r 13=z | 33=d 70=o | 72=w 90=i 70=o 96=s ==‹=› 52=n 69=y ·=‹·› 34=m 53=a | 90=i 25=e 41=c 88=h 53=a 41=c | 33=d 70=o | 90=i 53=a 52=n 70=o 72=w 41=c 53=a
92=u ==‹=› 41=c 13=z 69=y 52=n 90=i | 23=k 70=o 52=n 63=f 25=e 35=r 25=e 52=n 41=c 69=y 68=ą | 13=z | 72=w 70=o 90=i 25=e 52=n 96=s 23=k 90=i 25=e 34=m
72=w 40=ł 53=a 52=n 41=c 92=u 41=c 90=i 25=e
13=z 25=e | 72=w | 72=w 70=o 69=y 96=s 23=k 92=u | 52=n 90=i 25=e | 34=m 53=a 96=s 13=z | 13=z 21=g 70=o 33=d 69=y
52=n 90=i 41=c | 96=s 90=i 12=ę | 33=d 70=o 22=b 35=r 25=e 21=g 70=o | 52=n 90=i 25=e | 96=s 28=t 53=a 52=n 90=i 25=e
22=b 25=e 13=z | 90=i 25=e 21=g 70=o | 33=d 69=y 28=t 52=n 70=o 96=s 41=c 90=i
41=c 90=i 41=c 88=h 70=o ==‹=› 38=p 70=o 96=s 40=ł 53=a 30=l 90=i | 33=d 70=o | 72=w 70=o 69=y 96=s 23=k 53=a | 13=z 33=d 53=a 90=i 68=ą 41=c | 13=z 52=n 53=a 41=c | 13=z 25=e 22=b 69=y
34=m 69=y 96=s 30=l 90=i 30=l 90=i | 70=o | 96=s 70=o 22=b 90=i 25=e | 22=b 70=o | 28=t 92=u | 96=s 13=z 25=e 30=l 68=ą 21=g 53=a 34=m 90=i ==‹=› 38=p 40=ł 53=a 41=c 68=ą | 33=d 25=e 38=p 92=u 28=t 53=a 28=t 70=o 34=m
22=b 35=r 53=a ==‹=› 41=c | 90=i 41=c 88=h
13=z 25=e | 72=w 70=o 69=y 96=s 23=k 70=o ==‹=› 34=m 92=u 96=s 90=i | 34=m 90=i 25=e 41=c | 23=k 70=o 40=ł 70=o | 38=p 70=o 28=t 53=a 90=i 25=e 34=m 52=n 90=i 25=e
p.=‹p.› 247=‹247› :=‹:› 34=m 90=i 53=a 40=ł | 93=‹93› ·=‹·› […]=‹…› ·=‹·› 35=r 70=o 13=z 34=m 70=o 72=w 12=ę
96=s 23=k 53=a 35=r ==‹=› 13=z 69=y 40=ł | 96=s 90=i 12=ę | 52=n 53=a | 72=w 53=a 96=s 13=z 25=e 41=c 90=i
90=i 25=e 21=g 70=o | 35=r 92=u 90=i 52=n 68=ą | 41=c 88=h 41=c 25=e 96=s 13=z ==‹=› 53=a 72=w 53=a 52=n 41=c 70=o 72=w 53=a 41=c
90=i 92=u 13=z | 38=p 70=o 40=ł 70=o 52=n 52=n 25=e | 70=o 33=d 25=e 69=y 34=m 92=u 90=i 25=e
69=y | 96=s 40=ł 92=u 41=c 88=h 53=a 41=c | 38=p 53=a 52=n 90=i | 52=n 90=i 25=e | 22=b 53=a 35=r 13=z 70=o | 22=b 12=ę 33=d 68=ą
34=m 90=i 25=e 96=s 13=z 41=c 13=z 53=a 52=n 70=o 34=m | 38=p 70=o 40=ł 70=o 52=n 96=s 23=k 90=i 34=m | 72=w 40=ł 53=a 52=n 41=c 92=u 41=c 90=i 25=e
92=u 38=p 70=o 3[…]=‹3[…› ==‹=› 22=b 53=a 40=ł | 52=n 90=i 25=e 34=m 23=k 12=ę | 72=w 25=e | 21=g 33=d 53=a 52=n 96=s 23=k 92=u | 69=y | 13=z 53=a 23=k 70=o 41=c 88=h 53=a 40=ł
23=k 35=r 13=z 25=e 34=m 69=y 23=k | 72=w 52=n 25=e 28=t 35=r 13=z 52=n 69=y
34=m 90=i 12=ę 33=d 13=z 69=y | 22=b 90=i 53=a 40=ł 25=e 34=m 90=i | 21=g 40=ł 70=o 72=w 53=a 34=m 90=i
p.=‹p.› 248=‹248› (P.-S.)=‹(P.-S.)› :=‹:› 34=m 90=i 53=a 40=ł | 22=b 69=y 41=c | 28=t 25=e 35=r 53=a 13=z
96=s 28=t 53=a 35=r 70=o 96=s 28=t 53=a | 96=s 38=p 90=i 96=s 23=k 90=i
38=p 53=a 41=c 13=z 53=a 52=n 70=o 72=w 96=s 23=k 90=i
90=i 53=a 33=d 68=ą 41=c | 38=p 35=r 13=z 25=e 13=z ==‹=› 40=ł 53=a 52=n 41=c 92=u 28=t

Reading

R7510_reading.md

# Wąsowicz to Lubomirski, 9 December 1663, continued (Jarosław) (ANK AKPot 3227, pp. 245–248; DECODE R7510): text in context (Polish)

[…] clear text not reproduced; {x} probable; ‹x› slip or unresolved.

p. 245 : […] Born miał za złe, że nie było do niego list[u] od Waszeci; mowił, że mu w tenże czas Paprocki. Kiedy to iest nieszczęście w domu naszym, że nie miewamy z sobą korespondencyi, przynamniey teraz pisać było, abym to robił imieniem iego. Odpowiedziałem: listu że nie d{a}no […], ale żebyś WMM Pan nie iedno miał rozumienie z Bornem w sprawach teraźnie[y]szych, mam zlecenie […] Bornowi.

p. 246 : Narażałem się potym Bornowi, będąc u niego w pokoiu; iednego słowa do mnie mowić nie chciał, lubom sam dawał okazyą, namieniaiąc długi pozostałe. JMP Marszałek we czwartek na noc odiechał stąd do Przeworska, z kąd wczora po obiedzie iechał do Łańcuta. Nie idzie w Ukrainę y tak mowi: iam a{n}i hetman ani żołnierz do wiosny. Ma iechać do Ianowca, ale wprzod uczyni konferencyą z Woienskiem […] w Łańcucie. Udaią tu Bornowscy, że w woysku nie masz zgody et per consequens nic się dobrego nie stanie bez iego ‹d›ytności. […] powiedzieli mi, że cicho posłali do woyska, zdaiąc znać, żeby myślili o sobie, bo tu szelągami płacą deputatom, a tym czasem zakazuią brać ich. Są to także deputaci, y namienili, że woysko musi mieć koło potaiemnie. […]

p. 247 : […] JMX Archidyakon nie pisał teraz do WMM Pana, bo zaraz nazaiutrz po pogrzebie odiechał do Sendomierza, ale z domu obiecał napisać. Miał ‹z› Bornem rozmowę, ale mi nie chciał odkryć, tylko to, że Born skarżył się na Waszeci, isz iego ruiną chcesz awancować. Born iuż Połonne odeymuie y słuchać pani nie barzo będą, bo kazał być u siebie mieszczanom połońskim w Łańcucie. […] Śmierć JMP Podczaszego z tłustości niewidaney przypisuią, ktora się miała zapalić z tańca wielkiego, bo sobie upo[do]bał Niemkę we Gdańsku y zakochał, a przydano, że miał krzemyk wnętrzny, około czego iest baieczek wszelkich między białemi głowami. […]

p. 248, après « W Jarosławiu d. 9 decembr. 1663 » : Zanosiło się na to, że Born miał być teraz u Argenta, iako mi namienił starosta spiski, ale wczora Paczanowski powiedał o odmianie, od ktorego będę więcey wiedział iadąc przez Łańcut.

Translation

R7510_translation.md

# Wąsowicz to Lubomirski, 9 December 1663, continued (Jarosław) (ANK AKPot 3227, pp. 245–248; DECODE R7510): English translation

p. 245: […] Born took it ill that there was [no letter for him from Your Grace]; he said that at the same time [Paprocki] to him… It is a misfortune [in our house] that we have [no correspondence with one another]; at least now [it was proper to write], that I should do it [in his name]. I answered: [the letter, that it was not given] […], but that Your Grace should have no single understanding with Born [in the present affairs]: I am instructed […] to Born.

p. 246: I then exposed myself to Born, being [at his place, in his room; he would not say a single word to me], although I myself gave occasion, hinting at [the outstanding debts]. His Grace the Marshal left here on Thursday at night for Przeworsk, whence yesterday after dinner he went to Łańcut. [He is not going to Ukraine] and says thus: [“I am neither hetman nor soldier until the spring.” He is to go to Janowiec, but first he will hold a conference with Woieński] […] [at Łańcut]. Born’s people give out here [that there is no concord in the army], and consequently [nothing good will be done without his presence]. […] they told me [that they have quietly sent to the army to let it know that they should think of themselves, for here the deputies are paid in szelągi], and meanwhile it is forbidden [to take them]. These are deputies too, and they hinted [that the army must hold a circle in secret]. […]

p. 247: […] His Grace the Archdeacon has not written to Your Grace now, because the very day after the funeral he left for Sandomierz, but he promised to write from home. [He had a conversation with Born], but would not reveal it to me, only that Born [complained of Your Grace, that you wish to advance by his ruin]. Born [is already taking Połonne away, and they will hardly obey the lady], for he has summoned [the burghers of Połonne to him at Łańcut]. […] The death of His Grace the Cupbearer is put down to an unheard-of fatness, which is said to have caught fire from a great dance, for he [had taken a fancy to a German woman at Danzig and fallen in love]; and it is added that he had [an internal stone], about which there are all kinds of tales [among the women]. […]

P.S. (p. 248, after “At Jarosław, 9 December 1663”): It looked as though Born [was to be now] at Argent’s, as [the Starost of Spisz] hinted to me, but yesterday [Paczanowski] spoke of a change; I shall know more from him [when passing through Łańcut].

Key: key.tsv

07 Sources

Archiwum Narodowe w Krakowie, Archiwum Krzeszowickie Potockich (29/639), AKPot 3227: pp. 81 (table), 137, 181–183, 200, 209, 225, 235, 239, 245–248. DECODE records R7501 (table), R7503, R7504, R7505, R7506, R7507, R7508, R7509, R7510; R7502 and R7511 (the letter deciphered at the time and its sheet).
Brice Dudout, “Ludwik Wąsowicz to Aleksander Michał Lubomirski, 1662–1663”, Europe chiffrée (27 October 2026).
S. Cynarski and A. Falniowska-Gradowska (eds.), Urzędnicy województwa krakowskiego XVI–XVIII wieku. Spisy (Kórnik 1990), p. 268, for Ludwik Wąsowicz, as cited by the Polish Wikipedia (not consulted directly).
Kórnik Library (PAN), catalogue entries for the acts of the Wolbórz circle, 12 December 1662, 22 February and 16 April 1663.

Files: targets/wasowicz1662/ (notes, the table key.tsv, and for each letter the transcription of the numbers, the decryption, the Polish text in context and the English translation). Contributed by Brice Dudout and reviewed for the site on 27 October 2026.

Wąsowicz to Lubomirski, 1662–1663: watching the Marshal

01 The letters

02 The table

03 What the letters say

04 Jarosław, 9 December 1663

05 How it was checked

06 What remains uncertain

Full texts

Wąsowicz to Lubomirski, 29 November 1662 (ANK AKPot 3227, p. 137; DECODE R7503)

Wąsowicz to Lubomirski, [December 1662 – January 1663] (undated) (ANK AKPot 3227, pp. 181–183; DECODE R7504)

Wąsowicz to Lubomirski, 25 January 1663 (ANK AKPot 3227, p. 200; DECODE R7505)

Wąsowicz to Lubomirski, 17–18 February 1663 (ANK AKPot 3227, p. 209; DECODE R7506)

Wąsowicz to Lubomirski, 19 March 1663 (ANK AKPot 3227, p. 225; DECODE R7507)

Wąsowicz to Lubomirski, 5 May 1663 (ANK AKPot 3227, p. 235; DECODE R7508)

Wąsowicz to Lubomirski, 9 December 1663 (ANK AKPot 3227, p. 239; DECODE R7509)

Wąsowicz to Lubomirski, 9 December 1663, continued (Jarosław) (ANK AKPot 3227, pp. 245–248; DECODE R7510)

07 Sources