“Where is the Prince Vladímir of royal Kiev?”
“Prince Vladímir has gone to Mass,” was the answer.
Ilyá sat down on the plain wooden bench to wait, and in a short time Prince Vladímir came in with his nobles and attendants from the Easter service.
Then they all gave greetings one to the other, and each hero greeted the other, and Vladímir spoke to Ilyá and said:
“All hail to thee, brave youth, I know not thy name or thy father’s name. Art thou a Tsar or a Tsar’s son? Art thou a king or a king’s son?”
Ilyá answered and said:
“I am from the town of Múrom. I am the old Cossack, Ilyá of Múrom.”
ПОѢХАЛЪ ИЛЬѦ КО ГОРОДУ КО КЇЄВУ.
And they all sat down at the table to eat bread, [[43]]and they carved and ate white swans, and Ilyá began to talk and to boast of what he had done.