The original manuscript of the proclaimation and other printed proclaimations of Emperor Leopold the first from 1690 with which he takes the Macedonian people under his protection

4 Because of the overwhelming numerical superiority of the enemy, the Karposh insurgents withdrew from Kriva Palanka to Kumanovo, where the decisive battle took place. The rebels were defeated, and many, including Karposh himself, were captured. They were taken to Skopje, where they were executed in a brutal manner. It is recorded that Karposh was impaled on a stake on the Stone Bridge, then pierced with Tatar spears, and finally thrown into the Vardar River. This occurred in December 1689. After the suppression of the Karposh Uprising and the withdrawal of the Austrian army from Macedonia, life for the Macedonian population became even more difficult. Many sought refuge by fleeing across the Sava and Danube rivers, which at that time marked the border between the Ottoman Empire and the Holy Roman Empire.