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Long life, just lord! Live and judge us!" Then the people cheered Zbyszko and Danusia when a moment later, they both went to the portico, fell at the feet of the good Princess Anna Danuta, who had saved Zbyszko's life, because she, together with the scholars, had found the remedy and had taught Danusia how to act. "Long life to the young couple!" shouted Powala of Taczew.
May be he even heard Zbyszko's voice, but he could not hail him.... Hey!... I cannot keep myself from weeping!... God wrought a miracle, and that is the reason why I think that He will do a great deal more, although this prayer proceeds from my sinful lips." "What else did Zbyszko say? Where did he go to?" asked Macko.
But none of Zbyszko's companions thought about it, for all were anxious to find a place of shelter in town as quickly as possible.
"We shall soon see them," said Macko. Then his face suddenly darkened and assumed a wolf-like and savage expression. He had a grudge against the knights for the shots which he had received at the time when he went to Zbyszko's rescue, on that occasion when he was the carrier of letters from Prince Witold's sister to the grand master.
And he blew on Zbyszko's head so powerfully, that the net fell off and the hair was scattered on his shoulders. Then Zbyszko frowned, and looking into the abbot's eyes, he said: "In my vows is my honor, and over my honor, I alone am the guardian!" At this, the abbot not being accustomed to opposition, lost his breath to such a degree, that for a time he could not speak.
He felt such gratitude toward her, that he impulsively seized her around the waist and kissed her on both cheeks. The tinder and the steel fell to the ground. "Let me be!" she began to repeat in a muffled voice; but she allowed him to kiss her and even, as if by accident, touched Zbyszko's lips with her mouth. He released her and said: "May God reward you.
Then she related to him how they first met him, how Hlawa, the Bohemian, who was Zbyszko's armor-bearer, recognized him, and finally how they brought him to Spychow.
Did the comthurs pay no attention to the master's command?" "Restrain yourself, sir," said Hlawa. "God will comfort you; perhaps very soon." Tears glistened in Zbyszko's eyes, but he controlled himself, and said: "They opened different castles and prisons. I have been everywhere; I searched up to the breaking out of this war.
Nothing but worry; nothing but grief! I thought that if she also left me, the sun would rise no more. Consider human love and human grief!" And, for a moment, tears almost choked Zbyszko's voice, but, having a courageous heart, he controlled himself and said: "The people arrived for her in the evening and wanted to take her immediately, but the princess ordered them to wait until morning.
He had on his head a helmet with an open visor, and without feathers; on his legs was bull's hide. On their left shoulders, they carried shields with coat of arms; on the Teuton's at the top was a chessboard, at the bottom, three lions rampant; on Zbyszko's, a blunt horseshoe.
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