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"Therefore, taking into consideration all these matters, I, as

representative of the authority of the wojewodeship, proclaim to

you with my confederate's staff of office that Jacek by faithful

service and by the favour of the Emperor has removed the blot of

infamy from his name, and has won back his honour, taking once

more his place in the ranks of true patriots. So whoever dares to

speak a word at any time to the family of the deceased Jacek of

the offence that he long since atoned for, that man will be

liable, as a penalty for such a taunt, to gravis notae macula,195

according to the words of the statutes, which thus punish both

militem and skartabell196 if he spread calumny against a citizen

of the Commonwealth-and since general equality before the law has

now been proclaimed, therefore Article 3 is likewise binding on

townsfolk and serfs.197 This decree of the Marshal the Scribe

will enter in the acts of the General Confederation, and the

Apparitor will proclaim it.