August 1959 by Zygmunt August 'Scibor-Marchocki
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Wazy, hr. Mniszek zorganizowuje dla Dymitra wojsko, oraz wydaja za niego zam,a,z sw,a c'ork,e Maryn,e. Dymitri z Maryn,a rusza na Moskw,e, na czele licznych orszak'ow Polskich. Po drodze sporo orszak'ow rosyjskich przy,l,acza si,e do niego, tak iz prawie bez bitwy dociera Dymitri do Moskwy. Tam zostaje on i Maryna ukoronowani carem i caryc,a. Z Dymitrem i Maryn,a najecha,lo jednak do Moskwy sporo arystokracji polskiej, jako dw'or Maryny, oraz du,zo ksi,ez Rzlymsko-Katolickich, kt'orzy z miejsca zacz,eli zabiega'c o przechrzczenie Rosji z Prawos,lawia na Katoliczyzm. Nie podoba,lo si,e to wszystko bojarom moskiewskim, kt'orzy zepchani,eci zostali na drugi plan. Zbuntowali oni przeciwko Dymitrowi lud rosyjski, i Dymitri zostal srzucony z tronu i rozstrzelany w Moskwie. Maryna zdo,la,la uciec do Polski. Wkr'otce potem zjawi,l si,e ,L,zedymitri "number two". Maryna przyzna,la i,z jest to ten sam Dymitri, to jest jej m,a,z, ale wszyscy historycy s,a sdania, i,z ,L,zedymitri 2-gi by,l tylko Samozwa'ncem, gdy,z s,a historyczne dokumenty stwierdzaj,ace podobno i,z pierwszy zosta,l rozstrzelany w Moskwie. W ka,rdym razie hr. Mniszek ponownie wyprawia tego nowego ,L,zedymitra wraz z Maryn,a do Moskwy. Jednak,ze nigdy im nie uda,lo si,e dotrzec do stolicy Rosji. W jednej z bitew pod Moskw,a ,L,zedymitri 2-gi zosta,l zabity. Maryna powr'oci,la do Polski. Gdy niebawem zjawia si,e na horyzo'ncie ,L,zedymitri 3-ci, Maryna nie chce go przyzna'c, a ojciec jej nie zgadza si,e poprze'c go. ,L,zedymitry 3-ci rusza na Moskw,e na czele ma,lej gar'sci rosyjskich ,zo,lnierzy. W jednyum z las'ow, nie daleko od granicy Polski, zostaje on okr,a,zony przez du,zy oddzia,l rosyjski i tak on, jak i jego ma,ly oddzia,lek wyci,eci w pie'n. Na tym historia rosyjskich Samozwa'nc'ow zako'nczy,la si,e. U mego wuja, Alberta, brata mej Matki, znajdowa,lo si,e we Lwowie sporo zabytk'ow z tej epoki, a mi,edzy innymi, z,loty krzy,z (prawos,lawnego stylu) kt'ory mia,l by'c podarowany Marynie przez Dymitra, nast,epnie Maryny ksi,a,zka do nabo,ze'nstwa, w sk'orzanej oprawie, na kt'orej odcisni,ete by,ly piecz,ecie car'ow moskiewskich z jej epoki. Na dworze Polskim ca,la ta sprawa z Dymitrem podoba,la si,e bardzo. Bezkr'olewie w Rosji i nieporz,adki zasugesstionowa,ly wykorzystanie tego w ten, lub inny spos'ob. Pograniczna jaka's ma,la b'ojka zostaje rozdmuchana i wojska Polskie pod dow'odztwem hetmana Sapiehi ruszaj,a na Moskw,e. Jedzie te,z z tym wojskiem syn rk'ola Zygmunta III-go, W,ladys,law. W randze rotmistrza w oddzia,lach Kawalerji hetmana Sapiehi, jest te,z Miko,laj hr. 'Scibor-Marchocki, kt'ory opisa,l t,e wypraw,e w swych pami,etnikach, "Historia Wojny Moskiewskij". Pot,e,zne oddzia,ly Polskie prawie bez potyczki docieraj,a do Moskwy. Moskale ofiarowuj,a tron rosyjski W,ladys,lawowi, synowi Zygmunta III-go, z warunkiem jednak by przyj,a,l on wyznanie Grecko-Katolickie (prawos,lawie). W,ladys,law wysy,la pos,la'nca do swego ojca z pro'sb,a o pozwolenie, ale Zygmunt III oznajmia, i,z tron moskiewski nale,za,lby raczej do niego, a nie do W,ladys,lawa. ,Z,ada te,z on od
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Wazym, earl Mniszek organized an army for Dymitry, as well as gave his daughter, Maryna, in marriage. Dymitri with Maryna began the
campaign to Moscow, in command of numerous Polish knights. On the way, may Russian knights joined him. Thus almost without any battle Dymitri arrives [[watch the change in tense from past to present]] in Moscow. There he and Maryna were crowned czar and
czarina. With Dymitri and Maryna however, arrived in Moscow many Polish aristocrats, as the entourage of Maryna. Also many Roman-Catholic
priests, who immediately began the task of re-christening of the orthodox Russia from orthodoxy to Christianity. All of this development was not to the liking of the Boyars of Moscow, who were demoted to a subordinate position. Then organized a protest against
Dymitri by the people of Russia, and Dymitri was thrown of the
throne and executed by a firing squad in Moscow. Maryna succeeded in fleeing to Poland. Soon afterwards the Dymitri the Second Pretender appeared. Maryna agreed that he was the same Dymitri; that he is her husband, but all historians are of the opinion that the Dymitri the Second Pretender was only self-proclaimed; because there are historical documents attesting allegedly that the First had been executed by a firing squad in Moscow. In any case, hr. Mniszek presently sends that new Dymitri the Pretender with Maryna to Moscow. However they never succeeded in reaching the capital of Russia. In one of the battle near Moscow, Dymitri the Second Pretender lost his life. Maryna returned to Poland. When shortly Dymitri the Third Pretender arrived on the horizon, Maryna did not wish to recognize him, and her father does not agree to support him. Dymitri the Third Pretender departs to Moscow leading a
small garrison of Russian soldiers. In one of the forests, not far from the boundary of Poland, he is surrounded by a large Russian division and he and his small garrison were exterminated. On this the history of the Russian Pretenders comes to an end. At my uncle's,
Albert, the brother of my Mother, there is in Lw'ow a collection of artifacts from this eopch, among other, a golden cross (in the style of the Russian orthodox religion) which allegedly had been given to Maryna by Dymitri, next Maryna's prayer-book, in a leather binding, into which was embossed the seal of the Cars of Moscow from her epoch. On the Polish court, all these events of Dymitri was very well liked. The lack of a king in Russia and the confusion suggested the opportunity to take advantage of the situation one way or another. Some small skirmish on the border was
exaggerated and the Polish army under the command of hetmana [[according to the
Britanica, hateman is a "military
title used in the Polish-Lithuanian state (16th-18th century); the hetman
wielki ("great hetman") was the chief of the armed forces and the
commander in the field when the king was not present."]] Sapieh departed to Moscow. W,ladys,law, the son of the king Zygmunt III-rd, goes with this army. Miko,laj
hr. 'Scibor-Marchocki, at the rank of rotmeister in the Cavalry division of hetmana Sapieh, who writes the history of this excursion in his diary, "History of the War of Moscow". The mighty Polish divisions reach Moscow, almost without any opposition. The
Muscovites offer the Russian throne to W,ladys,law, the son of Zygmunt III-rd, on the condition, however, that the converts to the Greek-Catholic (orthodox) religion. W,ladys,law dispatches a currier to his father with a request to consent; but Zygmunt III maintains that the Russian
throne should belong rather to him, and not to W,ladys,law. He also demand from
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