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augurated by the Tartars, and paid allegiance to them, until
the time of Withold, Grand Duke of Lithuania,, who valiantly
defended his own provinces and those which he had taken
possession of in Eussia against the arms of the Tartars, and
was a terror to all around him. The Grand Dukes of Vladi-
mir and Muscovy, after they had once yielded allegiance
and submission to the Tartar princes, continued therein up
to the time of the present Duke Vasiley. The annals say
that this Bathi was killed in Hungary by Vlaslav, king of
the Hungarians (who on his baptism was named Vladislaus,
and was enrolled amongst the number of the saints) ; for he
had carried off the king's sister, whom he had accidentally
met with during the spoiling of the kingdom, and the king,
moved by love for his sister, and by the indignity of the
deed, pursued him; but when he made his attack upon
Bathi, his sister took up arms in the cause of the adulterer,
against her brother, which so enraged the king that he slew
his sister together with the adulterous Bathi. These things
were done a.m. 6745 [a.d. 1237].
Bathi was succeeded in the empire by Asbec, who died
a.m. 6834: [a.d. 1326], and was succeeded by his son Zanabeck,
who, after slaying his brother in order that he might reign
alone without apprehension, died in the year 6865 [a.d. 1357].
He was followed by Berdebeck, who after in like manner
killing his twelve brothers, died in 6867 [a.d. 1359]. After
him came Alculpa, who did not reign more than a month;
for immediately after assuming the reins of government he
was slain, together with his children, by a certain prince
named ISTaruss. As the latter now became the possessor of
the kingdom, all the princes of Russia came together to him,
and did not depart till each of them had obtained the power
of ruling independently in his own province. Naruss was
slain in the year 6868 [a.d. 1360]. He was succeeded in
the kingdom by Chidir, who was slain by his son The-
merhoscha, who, gaining the kingdom by a crime, scarcely