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Hence come the endless quarrels between the Lechites and the

Russians, who proceed from Lech and Rus,199 two born brothers;

hence also there were so many prolonged lawsuits between the

Lithuanians and the Knights of the Cross, until Jagiello finally

won. Hence finally that famous lawsuit of the Rymszas and the

Dominicans long pendebat on the calendar, until finally Father

Dymsza, the syndic of the convent, won the case: whence the

'proverb, the Lord God is greater than Lord Rymsza. And I may

add, mead is better than the penknife."

So saying, he drank off a tankard to the health of the Warden.