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LETTERS OF BOHDAN KHMEL'NYTS'KYI 225odwłoka, Superis na czas committenda, którym my Majestatu WKM P.naszego Miłościwego dostojeństwo polecając, Ich przyczyny o podźwignieniezachwiałej ojczyzny [i] 5zdrowia przy szczęśliwym WKM panowaniusupplemento [uniże]nie 6prosimy, onego cursu indefesso w późne życząc iwesołe la [ta]. 7Datum z Czehryna, 7 martii s. v. 1656.WKM, P. mego Miłościwego najniższy sługaBohdan Chmielnicki,H[etman] W[ojska] Z[aporoskiego]. 83. Letter to Stanisław PotockiChyhyryn, 22 March 1656 η.s.Khmel'nyts'kyi stresses that while he is seeking a negotiated peace treaty earnestly,the work of the commission will have to be postponed until the summer. He excuseshimself for not supplying military aid, claiming that he is compelled to abide by thedecision taken by the Cossack officers. He states that the officers voted against suchan undertaking in the spring primarily because they were concerned about insufficientprovisions for their troops and the danger of river-crossing during the thaw. Atthe same time Khmel'nyts'kyi consoles Potocki, mentioning that the delays will haveno serious consequences because the Swedes, for similar reasons, must <strong>also</strong> beinactive.(1) Biblioteka Narodowa, Biblioteka Ordynacji Zamojskiej (Warsaw):MS 934, p. 377; seventeenth-century copy. 1(2) Muzeum Narodowe w Krakowie, Biblioteka Czartoryskich (Cracow):MS 1656, p. 211; seventeenth-century copy. 2JWMP Hetmanie [Wielki] Koronny, mój MP i Przyjacielu! 3Ktobykolwiek pokoju nie życzył sobie, rozumiem, aboby nie [był] człowiekiem,abo nader musiałby być głupim. Każdy to nam przyzna, żeśmy nato zawsze gonili, jakoby i samym w miłym osiedzieć pokoju i ojczyznę in dulcí5Fol. damaged.6Fol. damaged.7Fol. damaged.8A Latin summary of this letter was first published in 1897. <strong>See</strong> StanisławTemberski, Stanisława Temberskiego roczniki ¡647-1656 (vol. 16 of ScriptoresRerum Polonicarum), ed. Wiktor Czermak (Cracow, 1897), p. 342. It is <strong>also</strong>included in Dokumenty (no. 357, p. 475).1Heading: "List od Chmielnickiego do JMP hetmana, 1656."2Heading: "Kopia listu Chmielnickiego do JMP hetmana, 1656 22 martii."3Stanisław Potocki (see Letter 1, fn. 2).

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