August 1959 by Zygmunt August 'Scibor-Marchocki
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Polska historyczna datuje si,e od pocz,atku 10-go wieku, to jest od czasu
przej,ecia przes Polsk,e chrze'scia'nstwa (religjio Rzymsko-Katolickiej).
Pierwszym historycznym kr'olem Polskim by,l Mieczys,law I-szy, z rodu Piast'ow.
Ukoronowany on zosta,l kr'olem przez Niemieckiego cesarza (w te czasy, 'Srednie
Wieki, kr'ola koronowa'l cesarz, a cesarza Papie,z). Przed Mieczys,lawem
I-szym legendy podaj,a i,z byli inni kr'olowie, mi,edzy innymi, kr'ol Popiel,
kt'ory by,l z,lym cz,lowiekiem, i za kar,e jednego dnia moc myszy wylaz,lo z
jeziora Gop,la i po,zar,lo tak kr'ola Popiele, jak i ca,ly jego dw'or.
By,l te,z kr'ol Lech, kt'ory znalaz,l gniazdo Or,l'ow Bia,lych. Na mjejscu
tego gniazda ufundowa,l on miasto Gniezno (do dzi's dnia istniej,ace) i
ustanowi,l ,ze Orze,l Bia,ly z kr'olewsk,a koron,a na g,lowie, na czerwonym polu,
b,edzie herbem Polskim. S,a to jednak tylko legendy, dgy,z ,zadnych
dokument'ow historycznycz z tych czas'ow nie zachowa,lo si,e. Mieczys,law
I-szy, po wst,apieniu na tron Polski, zadecydowa,l o,zeni'c si,e. Za sw,a
ma,l,zonk,e zadecydowa,l poj,a'c ksi,e,zniczk,e W,egiersk,a D,abr'owk,e, i w tym
celu wys,la,l do W,egier orszak rycerski, a,zeby ekskortowa,l j,a do Polski.
Historia wspomina i,z wsr'od tych rycerzy by,l rycerz 'Scibor. Poniewa,z
historia ,zadnego innego nazwiska rycerskiego nie podaje, trzeba przypu'si'c i,z
rycerz 'Scibor by,l na czele tego orszaku. (W obszerney historji Polskiej
w dw'och tomach, znajduj,acej si,e w bibliotece Weteran'ow Wojsk Polskich z
Ameryki [w Hamtramck, Mich.] autor-historyk [nazwiska nie pamie,tam] zaznacz`a,
i,z w orszaku wys,lanym przes kr'ola Mieczys,lawa I-szego, by,l mi,edzy innymi
rycerz hrabia Marchocki. Z jakich powod'ow historyk ten nie u,zywa
nazwiska 'Scibor, a tylko Marchocki, oraz na jakich podstawach tytu,luje go
hrabi,a, oczywi'scie new wiem).
R'od Piast'ow panowa,l w Polsce do po,lowy XIV-go wieku. Ostatnim i
najs,lynniejszym kr'olem tego rodu by,l Kaziemierz Wielki, przezwany kr'olem
ch,lopk'ow, gdy,z szczeg'olnie opiekowa,l si,e on chlopami. On te,z poraz
pierwszy wpu'sci,l ,zyd'ow do Polski, kt'orzy pod'owczas byli prze'sladowani w
Niemczech. Od tego czasu zacz,e,lo si,e za,zydzanie Polski, gdy,z ,zydzi
ze wszysstkich kraj'ow Europy Zachodniej zacz,eli 'sci,aga'c do Polski.
Nawet z tak daleka, jak z Hiszpanji, gdzie Inkwizycja prze'sladowa,la ,zydow
niemi,losciernie. [Obecnie, wzystkie ma,le miasteczka w Polsce zaludnione
s,a prawie wy,l,acznie przez ,zyd'ow].
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The history of Poland begins at the start of the tenth century, that is from the
time of the acceptance of the Christianity (the Roman Catholic religion).
The first historical king of Poland was Michael the first, of the Piasta dynasty.
He was crowned as a king by the German Caesar. (In those times of the
Middle Ages, a king was crowned by a Caesar, while a Caesar by the Pope.)
Before the time of Michael the first, legends tell us that there were other
kings. Among others, king Popiel, who was a bad man. And for
punishment, one day many mice emerged from the Gopel lake. They devoured
the king Popiel and his whole retinue. There also was king Lech, who
discovered a nest of white eagles. On the place of this nest, he founded
the city of Gniezno. (To this day, it survives.) He also proclaimed
that a white eagle, with a king's crown on its head, on a red background, would
become the coat-of-arms of Poland. But these are only legends; because no
written historical documents have survived from these times. Michael the
first, after ascending the throne of Poland, decided to marry. As his
bride, he decided to take Dabrowka, the princess of Hungary. And to this
end, he dispatched a troop of knights to Hungary, that they would escort her to
Poland. History tells us that among these knights was a knight 'Scibor.
Since history does not mention any other of the knights by name, one has to
presume that the knight 'Scibor was in charge of this troop. (In a
thorough history of Poland, in two volumes, which resides in the library of the
Veterans of the Polish Army from the United States of America [in Hamtramck [[a
suburb of Detroit]], Michigan], the author-historian [whose name I do not recollect]
tells that in this troop of knights, dispatched by the king Michael the first,
there was, amongst others, a knight Earl Marchocki. On what grounds this
historian failed to employ the name 'Scibor; but only Marchocki, or on what
grounds he ascribes the title earl, of course I do not know.)
The dynasty of Piastas reigned to the middle of the fourteenth century.
The last and most famous of the kings of this dynasty was Kasimir the Great,
named the king of the commoners; because, he was especially concerned with the
well-being of the common people. Also, he for the first time admitted the
Jewish refugees into Poland, who at that time were being persecuted by the
Germans. From that time began the immigration of Jew into Poland.
Jews from all of the counties of western Europe began to concentrate in
Poland. Even from as far away as Spain, where the Inquisition was
persecuting the Jews mercilessly. [At present, all of the small cities in
Poland mostly are populated by Jews.]
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While my Father does not so state here; but there is reason to believe that the Knight Stybor came from Hungary, as in charge of the entourage of the Princess Dabrowka of Hungary. Also, my Father employs the modern Polish spelling 'Scibor. The original Hungarian spelling was Stybor. The historian has employed the second of the two words of the modern compound last-name Marchocki. The Marchocki dates from circa 1400; thus it is not historically correct to employ it for an event which happened in 987. Finally, I remind the reader that the single-brackets were employed by my Father. I employ double-brackets to interject my own comments. I have translated "orszak" as "troop"; but, "contingent" might be better. There probably is a specific military term that should be employed.
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copyright (c) 1999 by R. I. 'Scibor-Marchocki
last changed Monday 22-nd November 1999