1118 scripta laudativa ther Papczyński, but also of the entire Polish nation10. It should be noted that Prince Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki himself was convinced of his own inability to rule the Polish Republic11. This introductory note was based to a large extent on the introduction to the critical edition published by Fr. Casimir Krzyżanowski, MIC in: Norma vitae et Alia Scripta, Varsaviae 2001. Andrzej Stefańczyk 10 King Michael died in 1673. Ibid., p. 125: “... King Michael, whom the nobility recently chose with such enthusiasm, was not mourned by the disappointed public. For a new generation was now entering the arena, whose motto was to erase the tragic traces of his reign.” 11 Cf. M. Buliński, Historia Kościoła Polskiego, Kraków 1873, vol. III, pp. 108109: “Michael Korybut was astonished by his sudden and unexpected rise; in tears, he argued that he had neither the ability nor the experience needed for governing, especially under such difficult circumstances in which the country found itself. (...) As it usually happens in the world, everyone began prophesizing good things about the rule of the new monarch, basing them on various circumstances both from the old times as from the ones accompanying his election. (...) However, all these hopes vanished, and the four-year reign of King Michael turned out to be for him true bitterness and torment.”
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