“The prince through revenge invented against him a calumny at which the soul shudders.”
“The devil could not have invented a keener!”
“Do you know that I have in my hands proofs in black and white that that was revenge for the change in Kmita?”
“To put infamy in such a way on any one’s name! Only Boguslav could do that! To sink such a soldier!”
“I have heard this,” continued the hetman: “Kmita, seeing that nothing remained for him to do in this region, hurried off to Chenstohova, rendered there famous services, and then defended the king with his own breast.”
Hearing this, the same soldiers who would have cut Kmita to pieces with their sabres began to speak of him more and more kindly.
“Kmita will not forgive the calumny, he is not such a man; he will fall on Boguslav.”
“Boguslav has insulted all soldiers, by casting such infamy on one of them.”
“Kmita was cruel and violent, but he was not a parricide.”
“He will have vengeance!”