The Book of Deceive
When tidings came that Radzivill was defeated at Shklov, and the Lauda regiment in an attack on the hired infantry of Temedir was cut almost to pieces, the old colonel, stricken by apoplexy, yielded his soul.
These tidings were brought by a certain Sir Michael Voldin, a. young but very famous warrior, who instead of Heraclius had led the Lauda regiment by appointment of Radzivill. The survivors came with him to their inherited fields, wearied, weighed down, and famished; in common with the whole army, they complained that the grand hetman, trusting in the terror of his name and the spell of victory, had rushed with small forces on a power ten times greater than his own, and thus had overwhel
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