Georg Baresch - Prague 1624

[GregS]

To me it appears to be from "The burgher rights book".  Burgher: a citizen of a town or city, typically a member of the wealthy bourgeoisie.
My transcription/translation of the first line listed below.

M. Girzi Baress, przedloziw Listi na Pargkameni w Jazyku Czieskem  (transcription/old Czech)
Mistr Jiří Bareš, předloziv Listi na Pergamen v Jazyku Českém         (modern Czech)
Master Georg Baresch, Letter transferred to parchment in the Czech Language

Hi Carl. I don't speak Czech, but the word předloziv seems similar to Russian предложить. It would mean that Bares offered something (either in the sense of 'he gave something' or 'he suggested something'). Without the other lines (and without knowledge of Czech) I would guess: "Bares offered that the sheets of parchment in Czech language...(to be continued)".

Hi Carl, Ellie. More specifically, he is presenting, 'před-' is 'before', -ložit' is 'to place', so 'to place before (someone)', cognate with the Polish 'przedłożyć'. It is used to describe presenting documents for official scrutiny, in this case letters on parchment and in Czech, presumably letters certifying his birth, good upbringing etc (i.e. letters of recommendation).