“Come now, Vladímir, Prince of royal Kiev, do not cut off my warlike head. We will write between us a great writing, and I, King Kálin, will pay thee tribute for ever and ever—I to thee, Prince Vladímir!”
And then in those good old times they all sang Glory!
And so they had peace for a time, but fresh hordes of Tartars still came, and the Russian heroes fought them, and sometimes the Russians could not overcome the Tartars, and in one of these great fights Ilyá, they say, was caught away from the fighting, and he was turned into stone, and his good horse with him.
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| Title: | Byliny Book: Hero Tales of Russia | |
| Author: | Marion Chilton Harrison | |
| Contributor: | Jane Ellen Harrison | |
| Illustrator: | Hugh Stewart | |
| Language: | English | |
| Original publication date: | 1915 |