116 By-names are really sobriquets.
117 [Krolik, Maciej's nickname, means both rabbit and little king or kinglet.]
118 [See p. [333].]
119 [See note [29].]
120 [Maciej had naturally joined the Confederates of Bar, who opposed the King because of his subserviency to the Russians. “But when the King later declared himself for the patriotic party… it is no wonder that our Maciek took sides with the crown, the power of which then needed strengthening. He supported Tyzenhaus, because of the latter's beneficial activity in the most important direction, that of the economic welfare of the country. After the King's contemptible desertion to the camp of the Confederates of Targowica, all noble and patriotic men in Poland had of course to oppose him. Thus the King, and not Maciek, was the real Cock-on-the-Steeple, and our man of Dobrzyn was really always on the side of those who fought for ‘the good of the country.’ ”—Lipiner.]
121 [The last Under-Treasurer of Lithuania. He took part in Jasinski's insurrection: compare p. 3 and note [7].]
122 Alexander Count Pociej, on his return to Lithuania after the war, assisted those of his fellow-countrymen who were emigrating abroad, and sent considerable sums to the treasury of the Legions.
123 [The opening line of a popular hymn by Franciszek Karpinski (1741-1825).]
124 [This form of greeting is still used by the common people in Poland.]
125 [Joseph Grabowski, a landed proprietor of the Grand Duchy of Posen, was a colonel of the General Staff during the Napoleonic wars, and later played an important part in the public life of the Grand Duchy. At Lukow, near Obiezierz, in 1831, he entertained Mickiewicz and his brother Franciszek.]