"For Thee, O pure Lady,
O Mother Immaculate,
We go to defend Christ,
Our Lord.
"For thee, O dear country,
For you, O white eagles,
We will crush every enemy.
On the Field of Glory."
FOOTNOTES:
[Footnote 1]: Kromer.
[Footnote 2]: His pets.
[Footnote 3]: On Saint Stephen's day people used to cast various kinds of grain at the priest at the altar in memory of the stoning of that saint.
[Footnote 4]: The Elector just mentioned, i. e., the Elector of Brandenburg.
[Footnote 5]: Among the Poles and Slavs generally death is represented as a woman.