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conclusion_n of_o this_o peace_n the_o great_a general_n potoski_n die_v of_o a_o apoplexy_n in_o the_o town_n of_o laticzow_n wear_v out_o with_o year_n and_o the_o continual_a wearisome_a labour_n of_o war_n in_o which_o he_o serve_v first_o under_o the_o famous_a general_n zolkiewitz_n he_o have_v be_v in_o a_o languish_a condition_n since_o his_o last_o imprisonment_n in_o tartary_n and_o his_o great_a courage_n make_v he_o neglect_v those_o remedy_n necessary_a for_o the_o re-establishment_n of_o his_o health_n so_o desire_v nothing_o else_o as_o he_o will_v open_o declare_v it_o to_o his_o friend_n but_o to_o die_v in_o the_o war_n and_o to_o finish_v his_o life_n in_o his_o profession_n his_o desire_n be_v at_o last_o accomplish_v and_o beyond_o the_o satisfaction_n of_o end_v his_o life_n so_o glorious_o he_o have_v this_o also_o just_o at_o his_o death_n to_o terminate_v by_o his_o valour_n and_o conduct_n a_o war_n so_o cruel_a and_o ruinous_a to_o his_o country_n finis_fw-la 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treachery_n have_v seize_v upon_o the_o inhabitant_n of_o starodub_n and_o homel_n people_n who_o have_v favour_v their_o irruption_n colonel_n patz_n and_o volowitz_n and_o afterward_o prince_n janus_n radzevil_n general_n of_o samogitia_n and_o field-marshal_n of_o lithuania_n oppose_v their_o design_n as_o well_o as_o they_o can_v with_o the_o nobility_n of_o orsa_n the_o garrison_n of_o bichova_n and_o some_o other_o force_v gather_v together_o but_o the_o assistance_n of_o the_o state_n come_v very_o slow_o and_o prince_n radzevil_n be_v send_v for_o to_o the_o diet._n the_o rebel_n make_v use_v of_o this_o occasion_n of_o his_o absence_n and_o set_v upon_o sluczk_n a_o town_n belong_v to_o prince_n bogislaus_n radzevil_n great_a master_n of_o the_o horse_n of_o lithuania_n sosnowski_n who_o be_v governor_n of_o it_o defend_v it_o brave_o against_o they_o and_o horsch_n governor_n of_o orsa_n defeat_v fifteen_o hundred_o man_n at_o czeresko_n and_o mirski_n
scarce_o receive_v any_o order_n from_o their_o superior_n nor_o acknowledge_v their_o master_n upon_o who_o they_o depend_v their_o first_o rebellion_n be_v in_o 1587._o under_o john_n podkowa_n their_o general_n who_o be_v overthrow_v and_o in_o the_o end_n lose_v his_o head_n in_o the_o year_n 1596._o king_n sigismond_n the_o iii_o have_v prohibit_v their_o piracy_n on_o the_o black_a sea_n upon_o the_o complaint_n which_o he_o receive_v from_o the_o grand_a signior_n they_o do_v indeed_o give_v they_o over_o but_o it_o be_v that_o they_o may_v fall_v upon_o russia_n and_o lythuania_n with_o the_o great_a force_n where_o they_o commit_v unheard_a of_o violence_n under_o the_o conduct_n of_o nalevaiko_n their_o general_n in_o vain_a be_v order_n send_v for_o their_o disarm_v and_o return_v home_o they_o despise_v all_o and_o unite_a themselves_o more_o strict_o under_o their_o head_n to_o resist_v the_o polish_v army_n which_o general_n zolkiewski_n be_v force_v to_o bring_v 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