"Leave us immediately, or we shall be exposed to the inconvenience of driving you away." Yaroslaf immediately left the city and sought safety in exile.

The Novgorodians then offered the soiled and battered crown to Dmitry, a nephew of the deposed prince.

But Dmitry, fearing the vengeance of the Tartars, replied, "I am not willing to ascend a throne from which you have expelled my uncle." Yaroslaf immediately sent an embassador to the encampment of the Tartars, where they were, ever eagerly waiting for any enterprise which promised carnage and plunder.

The embassador, imploring their aid, said, "The Novgorodians are your enemies.

They have shamefully expelled Yaroslaf, and thus treated your authority with insolence.