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"Written in our residence of Moskva, in Great Russia, the 5th of the month of July, the year of the world 7, 072. " ^ The passing over of Kourbski infused new vigour into Sigismund-August's war measures. Devlet-Girei, who had been on the point of concluding an alliance with Moskva, was suddenly induced by Polish gold to make an inroad upon Riazan ; Kourbski and Radzivil led a large army against Polotzk, and hostilities were actively prosecuted in Livland. Nothing, however, resulted from this tr...iple attack ; Riazan was heroically defended by the Basmanovs, father and son, until reinforcements arrived to drive the Tartars back into the steppes. Polotzk equally defied the Polish arms, and the Moskovites on their part captured the Lit'uanian fortress of Ozeriszh. In Livland neither side could claim a decided advantage. Had Ivan at this crucial moment gathered together the formidable resources at his command and led his army against his old hereditary enemy, enfeebled by the rule of a weak 1 Skazaniya kniazya Kourbskago, edit, by N.
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