When the will of Heaven shall be accomplished--when the universe shall have recognized me as its sovereign, tranquillity will then be seen restored to earth.

But if you dare to despise the decrees of God, and to say that your country is remote, your mountains inaccessible, and your seas deep and wide, and that you fear not my displeasure, then the Almighty will speedily show you how terrible is my power." After the death of Yaroslaf, his uncle Alexander assumed the sovereignty of the grand principality.

He was a prince of much military renown.

Bati, who was still encamped upon the banks of the Volga, sent to him a message as follows: "Prince of Novgorod: it is well known by you that God has subjected to our sway innumerable peoples.

If you wish to live in tranquillity, immediately come to me, in my tent, that you may witness the glory and the grandeur of the Mogols." Alexander obeyed with the promptness of a slave.