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There are certain defeats
that are more resounding
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than victories
:04:09
The defeat of my Russian army
near Revel
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will spark off the revolt
:04:16
Tsar Ivan has fled the wrath
of the boyars
:04:19
and taken refuge
in Alexandrov
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The Moscow boyars,
the Kolychevs,
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have managed to get some
messages through
:04:32
The Tsar is assailed
on every side
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like a baited bear
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The boyars are seething with
revolt:
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the Tsar will fall
without a blow being struck
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and the throne of Moscow
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will be free for a new Tsar
well-disposed towards Poland
:05:07
God in his wisdom decreed
that Lithuania, Poland
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and the Baltic States should
serve as the outposts of Europe
:05:16
in order that the civilized
nations of the West
:05:20
might be protected from
the Muscovite barbarians
:05:25
They say the Muscovites
eat children alive
:05:30
Russian soil is fertile.
The herds are well-fed
:05:35
The sub-soil conceals
inexhaustible riches
:05:38
Of course, the Russians
have to be kept down
:05:41
But a strong man on the throne
of Moscow would shatter
:05:46
the most cherished dreams of
all the European sovereigns
:05:50
We need the dim-witted
Vladimir Staritsky
:05:59
We must support the rebel boyars