Morstinius Andrew

Morstinius Andrew, (Polon. Morsztyn), de Raciborsk was Referendary of the King of Poland; Polish Ambassador at Frankfort on the Maine; and Plenipotentiary at the peace of Oliva, in 1660. In a letter of the Senators of the kingdom of Sweden to those of the kingdom of Poland, and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, written at Holm, March 8^th, 1655, he is styled " Regius Cubicularius." He is not less distinguished, in the history of his native country, for his attachment to the Socinian cause, than for his literary attainments. He translated some French Plays into the Polish language, which are mentioned by James Woit, in his treatise, "De Incrementis Studiorum per Polonos ac Prussos. Lips. 1723," p. 78. From the circumstance, however, of his sustaining the office of Plenipotentiary at the peace of Oliva, it seems but too probable, that he became a nominal conformist to the Catholic Church.

(Vidend. Bock, Hist . Ant . T. I. pp. 511. 1071.)

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