Appendix
On envelope: Laitter Will and Testament 7 July 1609
01. In dei nomine Amen ~
02. Att Lublynn the sevvint day of Julii anno domini 160 & nyne
03. ʒeiris, I thocht guid, remembering now I am passand eftir his ma-
04. iesteis court and campe, with servvandis & gier to uss merchand-
05. yce, quhar his hienes and hors sall remaine, And knawing
06. be experiens and money examplis, the suddane change and
07. alteration, of manie estaitt upone the earthe, quhen almytie
08. god pleasis to suffer man to be uesertt for his offensis; & I be-
09. ing suirlie perswaiditt that I am ane sinner, & subiect to sick
10. Infirmiteis as uthirris ar, bott god of his mercye dois spare me
11. heirfoir to god almytie father, sone, and halye gaist, be all honor
12. praiss & glorie for all his benefeittis bestowed,now & ever, Amen.
13. Being now in health of bodie and perfytt memoire, that meitt
14. to wreatt with my awin hand and leaf In memory this my
15. laitter will and testament, Incais as god forbid any suddaine
16. accident happin me in bodie or guiddis, quharbie my brother
17. Thomas Orem, or the merchandise to quhome he & I is equa-
18. ly contract and bound togidder be our obligations for
19. sick soumes as ar conteinit In our registeris and compt
20. buikis, sud be hurt or haif loiss or skaithe throuof, I wad
21. not safar as our guidds, gear, or moyane may extend till,
22. The gear brocht fra Crakaw the third day of Juni anno 1609,
23. and quhatistaine one wey deitt […] In Lublynn, ar writ-
24. tin In the compt buiks, siclyk the dettis that werest awand
25. ar wrettin, Now Incais as god forbid athir be death siknes
26. or any vthir accident, I be preventitt and may not be off
27. myt and powar to satisfie our creditorris my self, heir I
28. appoyntt and assignais my brother Thomas, and Androw Hum-
29. far burgess In Crakaw to entromett and dispone all, quhat
30. We haif In possessioun athir with me In Litton or at hame
31. In Crakaw, In maner & forme as eftir followis, first
32.the merchand gear (& dettis that ar guid) & awand us, to be
33. raknitt & calculatt with that we ar awand, and as thay ext-
34. ende, the merchandis to be satisfeitt thankfullie safar
35. as thay will extende or may agrie till, the servvands
feis & wagis
36. ~ In te domino speraW non confundar in eternuus ~
37. feis and wageis being first payit, And the guidwyfe Niena,
38. seing thair will nocht be aneuch quharwhith to satisffie and
39. pay the creditouris all, let hir be content with twa hundred
40. florance polnis ~ thair is our pleadge of siluer &
41. gold forsett with Isack Reych Ien according as the registers
42. ar wrettin, & will bear recorde, the soum that is takin thairon
43. extendis to thrie hundredth & fyftie florance polniss, this
44. being payitt lett Thomas tak quhat is his thairof according
45. to the wrettin register ~ And gif the bairne Barbara
46. leiffis untill scho cum to perfyt age & be mareit let my
47. pairt be for hir dowrye bot lett Thomas be keipar thairof
48. untill that tyme, uthirwayis scho died before that tym, than
49. Lett itt be dwyditt, and pairtitt as followis to witt ~ ~
50. the siluer beltis, scheathis, baggis & that quhilk apperteinis
51. to wemens attyr, lett that be for my wyf, ~ togidder with the
52. peecis of cunʒeit siluer giffin at godbairne giftis, Inclositt
53. in ane payntit round buist let thais be hirs also ~ ~
54. Mair Thomas sall haif that is within that buist I portagall
55. Isyr, I roisnobill and another pece of gold ~ Mair to him
56. of the ringis (I gif of ringis) I spitz dyamont, I taffell
57. dymont , I rubyin, I patcheir and 3 worp ring with stain-
58. nis thais fyue rings I leif Thomass to be his awin fardir
59. Cundgame Robert I left 1 4 worp ring with 6 dymonts in it in pleadge
60. of 12 ducattis that is 28 R polniss, quhen he giffis the gold or sa
61. mekle money againe, Lett Thomas delyver him his ring,
62. Mair thair is ane lytill gold chein with ane hart let Thom-
63. as haif, also thair is sum fortie of cunʒeitt money ungaris
64. schillings & brokin siluer in ane purss besyd the pleadge ~
65. Also of siluer cuppis 3 owirgilt with dookis lett all this lett
66. Thomas haif, the rest of the ringis and cuppis that ar not
67. namit heir lett my wyff haif, onlye lett remain and
68. not dewyditt & gif the bairne leif lett altogidder be hirs
69. at the tyme about wrettin, the buickis and plattis salbe
for Thomas
70. ~ In dues nobis tuns quis contranob ~
71. for Thomas, in all pairtts upone the merkattis, and also att
72. court becauss he most do with the creditors and satisfie thame
73. as he best may, as I dout bott he will as ane man of guid con-
74. sience prowyde to saif our guid name, safar as his powar
75. may extend till, In tym cuming as he hes being willing in tyme
76. past, bot I taking upone me for my cuntrienis hicher mat-
77. ter is as my strenthe culd sustains, and thair caldnes In assis-
78. ting my adois and neid, hes being and is occationis of our de-
79. cay, bot I hoip god almychtie will be mercifull & not forsaik
80. bot rather bless thais that be of upricht heart & mynde, willing
81. to deall uprichtlie with all men ~ That guid man Andreass
82. Janocskie gaif us In keeping thrie hundredth florence polniss
83. quharupone he hes our recognitions, this I desyr In spetiall
84. that he […] with thanks payit at the tym apoyntitt in our
85. lettir giffen with our subscriptionis and […] thair att ~
86. Concerning my awin cleathing that belangis to my persone, lett
87. Thomas haiff thame ~ ~ Houss bedding, and uthir plenis-
88. sing alsweill […] and brass as buirdis beddis and uther needful
89. houshald affairis lett all be equalie distribuittitt & equalie
90. partitt betwixt my wyff and Thomas; providing alwayis
91. that gif the bairne Barbara remains alyue and cums to perfec-
92. tionis all thais houshald aiffairis be her awing without any
93. Impediment ~ ~ Now for awoiding of debaitt or contriver-
94. sie I haif wretting as testament to haif strenthe and place-
95. and sall godwilling as I may sie appearance heireftir; gif
96. god grant tyme, and place, convenient, confirme the same
97. as law provydis ~ ~ For the present taking the father, sone
98. and halye gaist to be witness to my upricht meaning
99. I haiff wrettin subscrywitt and put my signet together
100. with my merchand mark to this my last will, day ʒeir
101. and place forsiad ~ ~ I Patricius Orem civeus Craco
102. Lett Thomas chois ane //wiensis manie propria//
103. twa or thrie of our
104. awin serwandis to assist
105. and helpe him as he thinkis meitt
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