Give a loaf and a beaker to each Cossack to strengthen him.

But surely every one must be satiated from last night; for all stuffed themselves so that, to tell the truth, I am only surprised that no one burst in the night.

And here is one further command: if any Jew spirit-seller sells a Cossack so much as a single jug of brandy, I will nail pig's ears to his very forehead, the dog, and hang him up by his feet.

To work, brothers, to work!" Thus did the Koschevoi give his orders.

All bowed to their girdles, and without putting on their caps set out for their waggons and camps.