August 1959 by Zygmunt August 'Scibor-Marchocki
Pages 13 and 14 combined
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Moskwy przy,l,aczenia si,e do Polski i przej'scia ca,lej Rosji na ,lono
ko'scio,la Rzymsko-Katolickiego. Pertraktacje te pomi,edzy Moskw,a a
Polsk,a ci,agn,a si,e be'z ko'nca. Znudzeni tym wszytkim bojary, obieraj,a
potajemnie m,lodego Feodora Romanowa nowym carem Moskwy. By,l to rok
1613-ty. Dynastja Romanowych panowa,la w Rowsji r'owno trysta lat.
Cesarz Miko,laj II-gi, abdykowa,l w 1917 roku, a w niespe,lna rok p'o'zniej
zosta,l rozstrzelany z ca,l,a sw,a rodzin,a.
Gdy moskale obrali swego cara, W,ladys,law zadecydowa,l wycofa'c si,e do Polski,
obawiaj,ac si,e, i,z sdemoralizowane nieczynno'sci,a jego oddzia'ly zostan,a
wybite przez rosjan wpie'n. Niebawem ojciec jego umar,l i on wybrany
zosta,l nowym kr'olem Polski.
S,lynnym te,z by,l, z po'sr'od kr'ol'ow obieralnych, kr'ol Jan Kazimierz.
Gdy ten kr'ol zacz,a,l panowa'c, Szwedzi, Kozacy, Tatarzy i Turcy naje,zd,zali
na Polsk,e. History-poeta, Niemcewicz, tak pisze o dziejach tego kr'ola.
Przez lat dwadzie'scia wojna ze wrogami,
Kr'ol ten odzyska,l krjaje utr,acone.
Powzia,l pod'owczas, z,lamany trudami,
Z,lozy'c koron,e.
Zwoluje na Sejm nar'od zjednoczony,
Tam p,lacz powszechny gdy mu g,los przerywa,
Do ludu swego sam ,zalem 'sci'snicy,
tak si,e odzywa.Oto ostatnia godzina nadchodzi,
Gdzie mnie zgj,etemu ci,agiem d,lugiej pracy,
Sytemu wieku rozsta'c si,e nadchodzi,
Z wami, Polacy!
To ber,lo przodk'ow, t,e 'swietn,a koron,e,
Wszystko co 'swiat ten tak chlubnym uznaje,
Kr'ol wasz i ojciec, dzieci ulubione,
Dzi's wam oddaje.
Pami,etajcie i,zem pierwszy z wami w nieprzyjaci'o,l godzi,l,
I ,ze z pola bitew nieszcz,e'sliwych ostatni schodzi,l.
Karzcie swawol,e, je'sli niezechcecie,
Tyle ju,z przykrych doznawszy przyk,lad'ow,
Bodajbym nie zgad,l, ale si,e staniecie,
Lupem s,asiad'ow. [[Page 14]]
B,lagam was, dzieci, zaklinam ze ,lzami,
Na pami,e'c przodk'ow, na moj,a siwzn,e,
Bro'ncie or,e,zem, wspierajcie radami
Lub,a Ojczyzn,e.
Gdziekolwiek przyjdzie dni mych kres'ow do,zy'c,
Sko'nczy'c gorycze, srogie niepokoje,
B,lagam was, raczcie, w grobie przodk'ow z,lo,zy'c
Popio,ly moje".
Za kr'ola Jana Kazimierza, jeden ze s,lynniejszych bohater'ow polskich, rycerz Czarnecki, 'scigaj,ac rozbitych przez niego i uciekaj,acych Szwed'ow, nad brzegami morza Ba,ltyckiego, na czele swego oddzia,lu kawalerji "rzuci'l si,e przez morze." (Przez zatok,e Ryzsk,a. Zatoka ta, jak zreszto ca,le morze Ba,ltyckie, jest bardzo p,lytka. Czarnecki musia,l dobrze zna,c wody tej zatoki. Inaczej bowiem nie wprowadzi,l by swej kawalerji do morza. Ko'n p,lynie z g'low,a wyci,agni,et,a i dotykaj,ac,a wod,e. Usta ma zanurzone pod wod,a, a oddycha przez nos. Najmniejsza fala, o ile naleje si,e mu do nosa, utopi konia. Z tego powodu, na rzece ko'n musi plyn,a'c tylko z pr,adem. Zawr'ocenie go przeciwko pr,adowi utopi go prawie odrazu. By odci,a'c Szwedom drog,e ucieczki, Czarnecki zapewne wprowadzi,l sw'oj oddzia,l do tak ne g,l,ebokiej wody, i,z konie bieg,ly po dnie, a nie p,lyne,ly. Ko'n p,lynie bardzo poma,lu). U naszych krewnych, Swidrygiell'ow, kt'orych matka, Marja, by,la z domu Czarnecka, a kt'ora by,la c'ork,a brata Marji Czarneckiej ,zony W,ladys,lawa hr. Bu,zeni Mniszka, - przechowywane by,lo wspania,le siod,lo rycerza Czarneckiego, kt'ory ze swym oddzia,lem "rzuci,l si,e przez morze." Z kr'ol'ow obieralnych s,lynnym by,l te,z kr'ol Jan Sobieski. Gdy Turcy rozbili wojska austryjackie i byli u wrot Wiednai, Jan Sobieski, na czele wojsk Polskich, po'spieszy,l Austrji z pomoc,a. W bitwie pod Wiedniem rozbi,l on Turk'ow kompletnie, ocalaj,ac nie tylko Wiede'n, ale ca,l,a Zachodni,a Europ,e, od nawa,ly tureckiej. Ostatnim rkr'olem Polski by,l Stanis,law August Poniatowski. Nawo,lywa,l on do Polak'ow by zjednoczyli si,e i odparli wrog'ow, ale w Polsce pod'owczas swawola i upadek obyczaj'ow by,l tak wielki, ,ze nic nawo,lywania kr'ola nie pomog,ly. Stanis,law August pojecha,l pod'owczas do St. Petersburga, by b,laga'c Katarzyn,e rosyjsk,a, ,Zeby przesta,la zagrabia'c Polsk,e. Stanis,law August umar,l w Petersburgu nie osi,agn,awszy celu. Napoleon Bonapart'e, w 1800-nych latach, utworzy,l by,l Kr'olestwo Polskie, sk,ladaj,ace si,e z ziem doko,la Warszawy, ale Napoleonowi nie chodzi,lo o Polsk,e a o otrzymanie dla swych wojen polskich ,zo,lnierzy, a zw,laszcza polskij kawalerji, kt'ora od wielu wiek'ow s,lyn,e,la jako najlepsza na 'swiecie. Kawalerj,e t,a Napoleon mi,edzy innymi u,zy,l, by zdoby'c w,aw'oz oraz forty Samosierra, na granicy Francji i Hiszpanji.
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Moscow that they join to Poland and convert all of Russia to the rule of the Roman-Catholic church. These talks between Moscow and Poland extend without end. The Boyars are disgusted with all of these events, and secretly promot the young Feodor Romanow as the new Car of Moscow. This was 1613. The dynasty of the Romanow
ruled in Russia exactly three hundred years. Car Miko,laj the second, abdicated in 1917, and almost a year later he,
together with his whole family, was executed by a firing squad.
When the Muscovites selected their czar, W,ladys,law decided to return to Poland, being afraid of being murdered and that his military contingent would be exterminated. When presently his father died, he was elected as the new Polish king.
Among the elected king, king Jan Kazimierz was also very strong. During the reign of this king, the
Swedes, Kazaks, Tartars, and Turks were attacking Poland. The historical poet Niemcewicz, writes about the accomplishments of this king
[[This is a poem. Sorry, I cannot retain the poetry.]]
For twenty years the war with the enemies,
This king recovered the conquered lands.
Eventually, succumbing to the burdens, he decided,
To surrender the crown.
He will the united country to the Senate,
There a general cry interrupts his voice,
To his people he expresses his sincere sorrow,
Thus he speaks.
Here the last hour approaches,
That during my long labors,
During this century comes time to part,
With you, the people of Poland!
This berl of my forbearers, this wonderful crown,
Everything that this world thus acknowledges to this office,
Your king and your father, my beloved children,
Today I give back to you.
Remember that I was your leader against all enemies,
And that on the battle-field unfortunate last steps.
Exercise your will, as you desire,
Already so many sorrowful examples you witnessed,
I cannot guess, but you will stand,
Defiant against your neighbors. [[page 14]]
I beg of you, my children, being covered with tears,
On the memory of my forbearers, on my gray head,
Defend with arms, hinder with talks
The beloved Fatherland.
Wherever I should live the days to witness,
To finish the battles, grave unrest,
I beg of you, judge, to lay in the graves of my forbearers
My ashes.
During the king Jan Kaziemierz, one of influential Polish bohaters [[some kind of military rank]], knight Czarnecki, was
consolidating the fleeing defeated Swedes, on the shores of the Baltic Sea, in command of his cavalry unit,
"[[He]] threw himself through the sea." (Through the Ryzska bay. This bay, as
after all the rest of the Baltic Sea, is very shallow. Czarnecki must have known very well the waters of this bay.
Otherwise he would not have guided boldly his cavalry into the sea. A horse swims with it head extended and touching
the surface of the water. It has its mouth submerged under the water, and it breathes through its nose.
The smallest wave, if it will enter its nose, will drown the horse. Because of this vulnerability, on a river, a
horse must swim only with the current. If one directs it against the current, one will drown it almost right away.
To intercept the flight path of the Swedes, Czarnecki certainly directed his unit into such a shallow water, that
the horses ran on the bottom, rather than swam. A horse swims very slowly.) At our relatives, the
Swidrygiello, whose mother, Marja, was from the house of Czarnecka, and who was the daughter of the brother of Marja Czarnecka, the wife of W,ladys,law hr. Buz,eni Mniszek, --
has survived an exquisite saddle belonging to the knight Czarnecki, who with his [[cavalry]] unit "threw himself
through the sea". Among the elected kings, king Jan Sobieski was outstanding. When the Turks defeated the Austrian
army and were in the outskirts of Vienna, Jan Sobieski, in command of the Polish army, hurried to Austria, to help.
In the battle of Vienna, he completely defeated the Turks, saving not only Vienna, but all of Western Europe, from the
Turkish invasion. Stanis,law August Poniatowski was the last elected Polish king. He was calling the Polish people to
unite themselves and to repel the enemies; but in Poland at that time there was such a profound weakness and decay of
tradition, that the beconning by the king did not succeed. Stanis,law August presently went to St. Petersburg, to
beg the Russian Katarzyna [[Catherine the Great, Czarina of Russia]] that she would
cease to plunder Poland. Stanis,law August died in Petersburg without achieving his goal. Napoleon
Bonaparte, in the 1800-years, created the Kingdom of Poland, comprised of the lands around Warszawa; but Napoleon did not desire [[to help]] Poland,
rather to obtain for his wars, the Polish soldiers, and especially the Polish cavalry, which since many centuries
had been famous as the best in the world. Napoleon utilized this cavalry for, among other [[uses]], to obtain the
passage to and the Samosierra fortresses, on the boundary between France and
Spain consolidating
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