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"Were the Benedictines in this kingdom at that time?" "No, the Benedictines were not here; only the heathen lived here then." "How then could he receive baptism, or give up Tyniec?" "He could not; and that is exactly why he was sent to hell to endure eternal torture," answered the monk with authority. "Sure! He speaks rightly!" several voices were heard to say.
Lichtenstein also could ask the king for clemency; and he could get some benefit from it because he would thus avoid your vengeance; but he will not do anything." "He is angry because we would not apologize on the road to Tyniec. The people speak well about the master, Konrad. At any rate you will not lose anything by it." "Sure," said Zbyszko, "but do not bow too low to him." "I shall not.
It was in the afternoon that the princess left hospitable Tyniec and went toward Krakow. Often the knights of those times, coming into larger cities or castles to visit some eminent person, used to put on their entire battle armor.
"What?" said the princess. "What else if not the same song which you sang in Tyniec, when Zbyszko saw you for the first time." "Hej! I remember and shall never forget it," said Zbyszko. "When I heard that song somewhere else I cried." "Then I will sing it!" said Danusia.
One time when he was at the court of a French king, the king's daughter, Helgunda, fell in love with him, and ran away with him to Tyniec, where they lived together in sin. No priest would marry them with Christian rites, because Helgunda's father had promised her to the cloister for the glory of God. At the same time, there lived in Wislica, Wislaw Piekny, who belonged to King Popiel's family.
We had helmets on when we were at Tyniec, after that I went only once to see him in the Zbyszko affair and that was in the evening. I observed just now that he looked at me, but seeing that I was engaged in a lengthy conversation with Your Grace, he turned his eyes in an opposite direction.
Now he thought that God had heard his prayers; that he had sent him the German knight for whom he had asked in Tyniec. Surely he must take advantage of God's kindness; therefore without any hesitation, before all these thoughts had hardly passed through his head, before his astonishment had diminished, he bent low on the saddle, let down his spear and having uttered his family shout: "Grady!
He, while Walgierz Wdaly was absent, devastated the county around Tyniec. Walgierz when be returned overpowered Wislaw and imprisoned him in Tyniec. He did not take into consideration this fact: that every woman as soon as she saw Wislaw, was ready immediately to leave father, mother and even husband, if she could only satisfy her passion. This happened to Helgunda.
These words soothed the princess so completely that she began to converse about Tyniec and its magnificence. The Mazurs were astonished not only at the riches of the abbey, but also at the wealth and beauty of the whole country through which they were now riding.
The monks were waiting to celebrate mass, because immediately the bells were rung; the trumpeters blew near the church door in honor of the princess. Every church used to make a great impression on the princess who had not been born in a Christian country. The church in Tyniec impressed her greatly, because there were very few churches that could rival it in magnificence.
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