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gold ducat inside. He searched a bit more thoroughly and found more. Upon seeing that, they all began to rip other corpses open. They would find more gold inside some of the bodies and only feces in others. If they found an enemy soldier still alive in the woods, they would first look for his money purse. Then they would cut his abdomen open and check his intestines. If they found nothing inside, they would tell him, ‘Go home, you plunderer and thief. You have no loot, we are going to spare your life.’ There were many other places [in Poland] where the Swedes suffered terrible defeats that year.” Ibid., pp. 69-70. 26. George Lubomirski (1616-1667), Grand Marshal, Field-Het- man of Poland, and a rebel. 27. J. Ch. Pasek, op. cit., p. 71. 28. W. Czaplinski, op. cit., p. 307. 29. M. Tarnawska, op. cit., pp. 3-5. S TANISLAUS P APCZYNSKI 42