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THE TALE OF BODY QUEEN

TALES ABOUT THE BRAVE VITEZ, ABOUT BOVA KARALEVICH

In no kingdom, in a great state, in a glorious city in Anton, lived the glorious king Vidon. And in the glorious city of Idementiana he visited the daughter of the glorious king Kirbit Verzaulovich, the beautiful princess Militrisa. And he called to himself his beloved servant named Licharda and began to say: “Oh, thou servant of Licharda! Serve me with faith and truth, go to the city of Dementiyan ... to serve as an ambassador, and from me a matchmaker.” And Licharda’s servant did not disobey his sovereign, he accepted the letter and hit him with his forehead and went to the city of Dementiyan to the good and glorious king Kirbit Verzaulovich.

And how Lichard's servant will be in the city of Dementiana with the glorious and kind king Kirbit Verzulovich and entering the royal mansion and placing the letter on the table in front of the king. And King Kirbit Verzulovich printed out the letter and read it. And he went to the back mansions to the beautiful princess Militrisa and decided to speak kind words; “My beautiful daughter, Princess Militrisa! Dementiyan came to our city as an embassy from the glorious and kind King Vidon, and you are the matchmaker. And I can’t stand against such a glorious king, because he has gathered many troops, our city will be like fire and will roll down like a firebrand, and will take you out of dislike.”

And the beautiful princess Militrisa fell on her knees before her father and began to say: “My lord, father, glorious king Kirbit Verzaulovich! When Yaz was young, and that King Dodon wooed you with me. And you... my lord, father, don’t give me for King Vidon, give me for King Dadon. That King Dadon will be our city’s guardian and protector from all countries.”

And the glorious king Kirbit Verzaulovich could not defend himself from such a glorious king Vidon and gave his daughter, the beautiful princess Militris, for the glorious king Vidon...

And he lived with her for three years and gave birth to a young child, and a brave vitez, Bova Karalevich. And the beautiful princess Militrisa summoned her beloved servant named Licharda and wrote a letter to the good and glorious king Dodon, greeting: “Good and glorious king Dadon! I would come to our city near Anton and would destroy my king Vidon, and take me as my wife.” “And you, servant of Lichard, will disobey your empress and go to King Dadon and will not take the letter from me, and I will slander you to my sovereign King Vidon with incredible words, and he will soon order you to be executed with an evil death.” And the servant of Lichard the empress did not disobey his, he accepted the letter and hit him with his forehead and went to King Dadon.

And how the servant of Licharda came to King Dodon and entered the royal armor and laid the letter on the table before King Dadon. And King Dodon accepted the letter, and unsealed it, and read it, and nodded his head, and laughed, and began to say: “O servant of Lichard! Why does your lady confuse me? And she already lived with King Vidon and adopted a child, the brave prince Bova the prince.” And Lichard’s servant began to say: “Good sir, King Dadon! Order me to be locked up in prison and given plenty of water and food. And you, sir, go to our city Anton, and my words will not be forgotten, and you ordered me to be executed with an evil death.” And the king fell in love with that word and King Dadon began to say: “O servant of Lichard, your words are better than honey with my mouth, and your words will be known, and I will forgive you.”

And King Dodon was delighted and ordered the horn to sound. And he gathered an army of 37,000 and went to the city of Anton and, having arrived, stood in the royal meadow and ordered tents to be pitched. And the beautiful princess Militrisa saw from the rear of her choir and, wrapping herself in her precious dress, she went into the royal armor and began to say: “My good lord, King Vidon, I bore a second womb, I do not know the son, I do not know the beast. And I wanted animal meat, and feed me the wild boar fresh meat, killed by your hand." And King Vidon was glad that he had not heard such speeches even when he was three years old from his beautiful princess Militrisa. And the king ordered the donkey to be saddled and sat on the donkey, took the spear in his hands and rode into the open fields after the wild boar.

And the beautiful princess Militrisa rose and opened the city gates and welcomed King Dadon with great joy through the city gates. And take him by the white hands and kiss him kindly on the mouth and lead him to the royal armor. And he honored to drink and eat and be merry. And at that time the brave prince Bova the prince, still a young and foolish child, entered the stable and hid himself under the manger. And Bova’s uncle Simbalda was with him and went into the stable and found Bova under the manger and began to shed tears and began to say: “My lord, brave prince Bova the prince! Your mother is a villain, the beautiful princess Militrisa. With King Dadon, she, the villain, tormented my sovereign, and your father, the good and glorious King Vidon. And you are still a young child, you cannot take revenge on the death of your father. We will run, sir, to the city of Sumin, which my sovereign, and your father the glorious king Vidon, granted with hail; and that great city is strong”... And Vova’s speech to uncle Simbalda: “My lord, uncle Simbalda! Yaz is still a young child and senseless, and I can’t sit on a good horse and gallop all the time.” And the old man Simbalda saddled himself a good horse, and a pacer under Bova and called thirty young men to him and ran to the city of Sumin.

And there were traitors in the city, and they told King Dodon and the beautiful princess Militrisa that the boy Simbalda had fled to the city of Sumin and taken the prince’s son Vova with him. And King Dodon ordered the horn to be blown and gathered 40,000 troops and chased after the young Cymbalda and the prince of Bova. And the ambassador of the beaters for the boy Simbalda and for Bova. And the paddocks drove away the boy Simbalda and Bova the prince. And the boy looked around and saw the paddocks, and decided to gallop at full speed and ran to the city of Sumin and shut himself up tightly. But Bova the prince could not gallop away, and Bova fell from his horse to the ground. And the paddocks took Bova and brought him to King Dadon. And King Dadon sent Bova to his mother, to the beautiful princess Militrisa.

And King Dadon came to the city of Sumin, stood in the meadow and pitched the royal tents. And here I saw a terrible dream, if only the prince Bova rode on a good horse, held a spear in his hand and pierced King Dadon’s womb and heart. And King Dodon arose from his dream and called to himself his brother in the name of Obrosim and decided to tell his dream and send his brother Obrosim to the city of Anton to the beautiful coral Militrisa to congratulate882 and tell the dream and ask Bova the prince to put him to an evil death for that dream .

And Obrosim went to the city of Anton to the beautiful Coral Militrisa to congratulate him and tell him his dream and ask Bova the prince to put him to death for that dream. And the beautiful Queen Militrisa decided to say: “I can betray Beauvais herself to death. I will put him in prison and will not give him anything to eat or drink, and he will suffer the same death.”

And King Dadon stood under the city of Sumin for 6 months and could not take the city of Sumin and went to the city of Anton. And Symbalda ordered the horn to be blown and gathered 15,000 troops and went to the city near Anton and began to beat the city wall relentlessly and shout and beg his sovereign Bova the prince from the city: “Don’t give me my sovereign Bova the prince, and I will not live.” I can succumb to hail." And the beautiful Queen Militrisa decided to say to King Dadon: “My Lord, King Dadon, that our villain will not give us peace either day or night.” And King Dadon ordered to blow the horn and gather an army of 30,000 and chase after little Cymbalda. And little Simbalda cannot stand against King Dodon and fled to the city of Sumin and shut himself up tightly.

And the beautiful Queen Militrisa ordered Bova to be put in prison and covered with an iron bar and covered with sand and not allowed to drink or eat for five days and five nights. And Beauvais, from his youth, wanted to eat good things. And the beautiful Queen Militrisa put on her precious dress and walked through the royal court. And Bova saw the dungeon and shouted to Bova in a loud voice: “My Empress Mother, the beautiful Queen Militrisa! Why are you, my lady, angry at me? He will not send me either food or drink! I'm already getting closer to starvation!" And the beautiful Queen Militrisa began to say: “My dear child, Bova the prince! Truly, I forgot you from the precipice. I mourn for your father, and for my sovereign, for the good King Vidon. I’ll send you a lot of food and drink, and you can nourish your soul.” And the beautiful Queen Militrisa entered the royal armor and decided to knead two loaves of bread with snake oil into wheat dough with her own hands. She baked two loaves of bread and sent the girl and the girl to Bova in prison... Yes, two exiles came for that girl and sat down by the prison window. And the girl gave Bova two loaves of bread, and Bova wants to eat the loaves. And the girl shed tears and began to say: “Sovereign brave prince Bova the prince! You cannot, sir, eat those loaves of bread quickly, otherwise you will soon die. “Your mother, and my empress, the beautiful Queen Militrisa, she kneaded those loaves of bread with her own hands into wheat dough with snake fat.” And Bova, I took a loaf of bread and threw it to the survivor, and another to another. And as soon as the survivors ate the loaves of bread, they quickly tore them into poppy seeds. And Bova shed a tear: “Merciful Savior and Most Pure Mother of God! Why did my Empress mother want to put me to an evil death?” And the girl gave Bova her bread to eat, and Bova ate and drank.

And the girl, when she left the prison, did not shut the door and did not close the iron bars. And Bova left the prison and ran out of the city through the city wall. And Bova jumped over the city walls and knocked off his own legs and lay behind the hail for three days and three nights. And Bova got up and went wherever his eyes took him. And Bova came to the edge of the sea and saw Bova’s ship on the sea. And Bova shouted loudly. And from Bovin’s voice the waves rose on the sea and the ship cracked. And the shipowner guests were amazed that the young child was screaming in a loud voice. And the visiting shipbuilders sent the yarisks883 in the podestka884 and ordered to ask: “Are you from a peasant family or a Tatar? And if you are a peasant, you will take him on board the ship.” And the rednecks came to the shore and decided to ask: “Are you of Christian or Tatar descent? What’s your name?” And Bova’s speech: “I come from a non-Tatar family, I come from a Christian family, a son who has been martyred, and my mother was a wretched wife, she washed clothes for good wives and fed her own head.” And the rednecks took Bova as a driver and took him to the ship...

And Bova decided to walk around the ship. And the guests, the shipwomen, marveling among themselves, cannot look at Bovina’s beauty enough, because they have not seen such a youth: Velmi is mold-shaped. And Bova arose from his sleep and began to say: “Guest shipwrights, do not scold and fight about me. I serve you according to the plan: the one I saw before on the shore, and the one I serve until lunch, and the one I saw after, and the one I serve after lunch until the evening.” And the guests fell in love with that word, they washed out the anchors and hoisted the sails and fled across the sea for a year and three months and came running to the Kingdom of Armenia, and in the Kingdom of Armenia, King Zenzevey Adarovich. And the visiting shipwomen rushed ashore, and Bova began to walk around the ship.

And King Zenzevey Adarovich sent the ambassador of young men and clerks and ordered to ask what kingdom the ship came running to, and what city the guests were from, and with what goods. And the young men and servants came to the ship and saw Bovina on the ships, and could not see Bovina’s beauty and forgot to ask in their minds what kingdom the ship came running to, and whose guests were, and with what goods. And King Zenzevey Adarovich asks the young men and clerks what kingdom the ship belongs to, and what city the guests are from, and with what goods. They didn’t tell him anything, they just said that they saw unova on the ships. And King Zenzevey soon ordered the donkey to be brought up and rode off to the ship and saw: a young man Velmi was walking on the ship. And they forgot to ask in their minds what kind of kingdom the ship was and what kind of goods it was. And King Zenzevey Odarovich decided to sell the boy to the guests: “And guests, shipwrights, sell me the boy, take 300 liters of gold from me.” And the shipmaid guests said: “Sovereign King Zenzevey Odarovich! It’s impossible to sell us that boy, because he’s a common slave among us, but he was taken to the edge of the sea on the shore.” And King Zenzevey Adarovich said to the guests: “And if you have that slave in common, you sell it, and take 300 liters of gold from me, and trade in my kingdom freely and duty-free. If you don’t sell me your common slave, you won’t be able to leave my kingdom alive and you won’t be able to sail past my kingdom by ship in the future.” And the guest shipwrights sold Bova, and took 300 liters of gold for him.

And King Zenzevey Adarovich put Bova on a donkey and went to the Armenian kingdom and decided to ask Bova: “Bova, what kind of family are you, royal or royal?” And Bova said: “My Lord, King Zenzevey Adarovich! I come from a non-royal and non-royal family, I come from a Christian family, a son of Namar. And my mother, a wretched wife, washed dresses for good wives, thereby feeding her own head.” And King Zenzevey Adarovich decided to say: “And if you, Bova, are of such a bad family, then serve in my stables and become a great groom.” And Bova, striking his sovereign with his forehead, went to the stable; and Bova is seven years old. And Bova decided to serve in the stables.

And that king Zenzevey Adarovich had a daughter, the beautiful princess Druzhnevna. And from her choir she saw Bova in the stable in a velmi form, and from Bavina’s beauty the entire stable was illuminated. And the beautiful princess Druzhnevna put on a precious dress and went to the royal chambers to her father and, when she arrived, began to say: “My lord, father, King Zenzevey Adarovich! Sir, I have many nannies and mothers and beautiful girls, but I don’t have a single servant. Tomorrow, sir, I have a feast for the nannies and mothers, but there is no one to cook for me, distribute food, or stand with the caterer. Perhaps, sir, father, I was the slave who bought me from the guests and gave me 300 liters of gold.” And King Zenzevei Adarovich had a daughter in love. “My daughter, the beautiful princess Druzhnevna! Be at your will." And he ordered to call Bova. And Bova came to the royal quarters and struck his sovereign with his forehead. And King Zenzevey Adarovich decided to say: “Bova! Tomorrow, at Druzhnevna’s, distribute the food and food, and stay with the supplier. And also, Bova, listen to my orders and stay with Druzhnevna all day long.” And Bova, striking his forehead, went to the stable. And Druzhnevna, striking her father with her forehead, went into the rear mansion.

And how the night passes, and the day comes, and Druzhnevna is in a hurry. And as the food ripened, the beautiful princess Druzhnevna sent the girl to the stable. And the girl came to the stable: “Come, Bova, the princess is calling you.” And Bova got dressed and came to the back mansion, and the beautiful princess Druzhnevna did not sit in front of Bova and stood up. And Bova decided to say: “Beautiful empress, beautiful princess! You don’t do much, you stand up against me, slave.” And the princess doesn’t hold any annoyance at Bova. And as the feast went and feasted on food, the swan arrived, and Bova brought the swan. And the beautiful princess swan collapsed and dropped the knife under the table... And Bova rushed under the table. And the beautiful princess, bending her head under the table, and not grabbing the knife, grabbed Bovina’s head and kissed him on the mouth, and on the eyes, and on the ears. And Bova broke free and again stood at the post and considered dishonoring his empress: “The empress is beautiful Princess Druzhnevna! It doesn’t suit you, your slave, to kiss me on the mouth, and on the ears, and on the eyes!” And as the feast passed, Bova began to say: “Beautiful princess Druzhnevna! Let me go to the stables with my comrade.” And Bova went to the stable, and the beautiful princess could not keep an eye on Bovin’s trail. And Bova came to the stable, went to bed and slept for 5 days and 5 nights. The grooms couldn’t wake him up, so they rode across the grass and mowed down Bovin’s lesson and tied him up in a mess886. And Bova got up, rode across the grass and met the grooms, took his lesson and chose pink flowers and wove a grass crown and put it on his head. And he arrived at the stables. And the beautiful princess saw a grass crown with pink flowers on Bova’s head and sent the girl to the stable. And the girl came: “Come, Bova, Druzhnevna is calling you.”

And Bova came to the back mansions. And the beautiful princess could not sit still and stood up against Bova and began to say: “Bova, take the crown from your head with your own hands and put the crown on my head.” And Bova decided to say: “The sovereign princess, the beautiful princess Druzhnevna! It’s not good for a slave to lay his own hands on your head.” And Druzhnevna decided to say: “If you, Bova, don’t remove the crown from your head with your own hands and don’t put it on my head, I’ll slander your father with incredible words. And the priest orders you to be executed with an evil death soon.” And Bova grabbed the crown and hit it on the brick center. And the princess picked up the crown and pressed it to her heart and learned to love it more than gold and pearl. And Bova went with his armor, hit the doors, and a brick fell out of the walls and broke Bova’s head. And the beautiful princess treated with her lands. And Bova came to the stable and went to bed and slept for 9 days and 9 nights.

And King Markobrun came from the Transdonian kingdom, and with him 40,000 troops. And he set up tents in the meadow and wrote a letter from King Markobrun to King Zenzevei Adarovich: “Give your daughter for me out of love, and if you don’t give out of love, then your language will be yours.” I will burn the kingdom with fire and shake it with a brand, and I will take your daughter out of unlove.” And King Zenzevey Adarovich could not stand up for such a king and met him at the city gates and took him by the white hands and kissed him on the sugary lips and called him his beloved son-in-law. And they went to the royal quarters and ate food and drink to rejoice.

And Markobronov’s nobles considered the Teshitean to be good horses outside the city. And Bova got up and heard the neighing of a horse and went into the back mansions and began to say: “The Empress, the beautiful princess Druzhnevna! What noise and neighing of horses is behind our kingdom? And the beautiful princess began to say: “Bova, you’ve been sleeping for a long time, you don’t know anything! King Markobrun came from the Transdonian kingdom, and with him 40,000 troops, and besieged our kingdom. But my father could not stand up for such a king and met him at the city gates and called him his beloved son-in-law, and he is my husband.” And Bova decided to say: “The sovereign princess, the beautiful princess Druzhnevna! I don’t have anything to go with the Markobrunovs, the nobles are amusing. Give me a good horse and a treasure sword, and an iron club, and strong armor, and a shield.” And the beautiful princess decided to say: “You are still a young child, only seven years old, and good horse You don’t know how to wield and gallop at full horse speed and swing an iron club.”

And Bova went to the stable and saddled the pacer - outside the city to the Markobrunov nobles of Teshitz. And he didn’t have either a treasure sword or a spear; he just took a broom and went out of town. And Markobrunov’s nobles laughed and looked at Bova and began to say: “What kind of pale son left Teshite alone? What honor is there for him? And people considered Bova to be a hypocrite, either by peti or by shti. And Bova decided to gallop and wave a broom, and beat Bova to 15,000. And the beautiful princess saw that Bova was galloping alone, and she felt sorry: they would kill him. And she put on a precious dress and went to her father and began to say: “My lord, father, King Zenzevey Adarovich! Tell Bova to calm down, what honor does the Teshite nobles have with the Markobrunovs?” And King Zenzebei sent young men along Bova, and the young men, when they arrived, said: “Bova! The Lord King is disgusting with you. What honor do you have with the Markobrunovs, Teshitz nobles?” And Bova came to the stable and went to bed and slept for 9 days and 9 nights.

And at that time, Tsar Saltan Saltanovich and his son Lukoper came from the Rakhlen kingdom to the Kingdom of Armenia. glorious hero. His head is like a beer cauldron, and between his eyes there is a span of goodness, and between the ears of his knees an arrow will fall, and between his shoulders there is a measured fathom. And there is no such strong and glorious hero in the entire population. And he besieged the kingdom of Armenia and wrote a letter to King Zenzevey Adarovich from the glorious hero Lukoper, so that King Zenzevey Adarovich would “give his beautiful princess Druzhnevna for me with love. If he doesn’t give it, I’ll burn his kingdom with fire and shake him with a firebrand, and I’ll take your daughter out of unlove.”

And King Zenzevey Adarovich decided to say to King Markobrun: “...You have 40,000 troops, and I have 40,000 troops. And the two kings themselves, and we have 40,000 troops, let us go against the strong hero Lukoper.” And King Zenzevey Adarovich ordered to blow the horn and gather 40,000 troops, and Markobrunov’s troops 40,000. And two kings and two armies set out against the strong hero Lukoper. And the Bowman pointed the spear at two kings with the blind end and two kings with a spike like sheaves, and he beat two armies. And he tied up two kings, King Zenzevey Adarovich and King Markobrun, and sent them to the Mar refuge to their father, Tsar Saltan Saltanovich.

And Bova arose from her sleep, even outside the city there was a great noise and the neighing of horses. And Bova went to the back mansions to the beautiful princess Druzhnevna. And Bova entered the room and asked: “The Empress Princess Druzhnevna! Why is there a great noise outside the city and the neighing of horses? And the beautiful princess Druzhnevna began to say: “Sovereign Bova! He sleeps for a long time, does not know anything that Tsar Saltan Saltanovich and his son Lukoper, the glorious hero, came from the Rakhlen kingdom... And my father gathered 40,000 troops, and Markobrunov’s troops 40,000. And two kings and two armies set out against the strong hero Lukoper. And Bowman pointed a spear at the two kings with a broken end and spiked the two kings from horses like sheaves, and he beat two troops and tied up the two kings and sent them to the sea refuge to his father, Tsar Saltan Saltanovich. And Bova’s speech: “The beautiful Empress Princess Druzhnevna! I have nothing to ride against the strong hero Lukoper. I have neither a good hero’s horse, nor strong armor, nor a treasure sword, nor a copy of the warrior, nor a hero’s harness.” And the beautiful princess Druzhnevna said: “Sovereign Bova! You are still a young child and cannot sit on a good horse and gallop at full speed. And I can no longer help my father! And you, Sovereign Bova, take me as your wife, and be the protector of our kingdom and protector from all countries.” And Bova’s speech: “The sovereign will buy a good slave, but the slave wants to serve. Yes, I have nothing to ride against the strong hero Lukoper: I have neither a good hero’s horse nor a military harness.”

And the beautiful princess Druzhnevna said: “My sovereign father has a good heroic horse: it stands on 12 chains, buried knee-deep in the ground, and behind 12 doors. And my father has in his treasury 30 armor of old heroes and a treasure sword.” And Bova was quickly happy and went to the stable, and the good heroic horse with 12 chains began to beat and was already breaking through the last doors. And Druzhnevna ran after Bova to the stable and began to say: “Are there any brave knights in the Armenian kingdom? Follow me to the stables!” And the good heroic horse grabbed Bova with his front legs and decided to kiss his mouth like a man, and Bova decided to stroke the good heroic horse’s fur and soon consoled the good heroic horse. And Druzhnevna sent to the treasury a heroic armor and a sword-treasurer: 12 people carried it on fortresses. And Bova was happy and wanted to mount the hero’s good horse and go to military and mortal work. And the beautiful princess Druzhnevna began to say: “My Lord Bova! If you are going on military and mortal duty, you will either live or not, but you did not pray to God and did not say goodbye to me.” And Bova fell in love with that word, and went to Druzhnevna in his coat and prayed to God and took the Savior and the Most Pure Mother of God to his aid, and said goodbye to Druzhnevna and went to do military and mortal work.

And Druzhnevna sent Bova away. And she released him for military and mortal work and belted the treasure sword around Bova with her own hands. And Bova sat on the hero’s good horse, but did not step into the stirrup. And the beautiful princess Druzhnevna grabbed Bovina’s leg and put it in the stirrup with her hands and grabbed Bovina by the violent head and kissed him on the mouth, and on the eyes, and on the ears. And the beautiful princess Druzhnevna spoke: “My Lord Bova! If you go on military or mortal duty, you will either live or not. And I have no faith in him, that you are of Namar’s generation. Tell me your true truth, whether you are of royal or royal family? And Bova’s speech to the beautiful princess: “I am going to do military and mortal work, either I will live or not... I will tell you the true truth. It’s not the son of Namar’s family, the son of Vidon, the son of the royal, glorious king, but my mother, the beautiful Queen Militrisa, the daughter of the good and glorious king Kirbit Berzaulovich.” And Bova got Druzhnevna some sand and sprinkled it on her heart.

And that king Zenzevey Adarovich was a butler. And he began to speak, and to dishonor his empress: “The empress, the beautiful princess Druzhnevna! You will not bring a treasury sword around your slave with your own hands, and you will not bring your slave’s legs into the stirrup with your own hands, and you will not bring your slave’s head to accept and kiss your slave on the mouth, and in the eyes, and in the ears, and see him off and to be released for military and mortal work.” And Bova hit the butler with a spear, the dull end, and the butler fell to the ground dead and lay there for three hours, only to get up for two.

And Bova went to do military and mortal work. And Bova jumped straight through the city wall, and saw the glorious hero Lukoper, that a brave warrior jumped out of the Ormen kingdom through the city wall, and two strong heroes stood on the field of Sezzhatsa. And Lukoper pointed the spear at Bova with the pointed end, and Bova pointed the spear at Lukoper with the sharp end. And two strong heroes struck each other with sharp spears, so that strong thunder struck the cloud. And Bowman on Bova could not pierce the armor, but Bova on Bowper pierced the armor on both sides, and Bowman fell off his horse, dead. And Bova decided to beat Lukoperov’s troops and Bova fought for 5 days and 5 nights, not so much hitting with a spear - he trampled and beat 100,000 troops with his horse, and the small people went to the seaside refuge to Tsar Saltan Saltanovich. And they decided to say: “Sovereign Tsar Saltan Saltanovich!

The brave Vitez left the kingdom of Ormen... and will now be on his way to a seaside refuge.” And Tsar Saltan Saltanovich did not have time to remove the royal tents and jumped onto a ship with small people and ran to the Rakhlen kingdom.

And Bova arrived at the seaside shelter and jumped into the tent, and two kings were already tied up under the bench, King Zenzevey Adarovich and King Markobrun. And Bova took two kings and put them on horses... And they rode to the kingdom of Armenia for 3 days and 3 nights in a human corpse, one good horse galloping in blood up to its knees.

And Bova’s speech to his sovereign Zenzevei Adarovich and King Markobrun: “The sovereign will buy a good slave, and that slave will serve his sovereign.” And King Markobrun decided to say to King Zenzevei Adarovich: “I heard among the old people: the sovereign will buy a good slave, and the slave will serve his sovereign, and that slave will be given and released.” And King Zenzevey Adorovich decided to say: “I heard from old people that such a slave is suitable to be given and called to oneself.” And the two kings arrived in the kingdom of Armenia and went to the royal chambers and decided to drink and eat and be merry. And Bova went to the stable and went to bed and slept for 9 days and 9 nights.

And at that time two kings, King Zenzevey Adarovich and King Markobrun, rode from Yastreptsa to the creek of Teshitz. And at that time the butler called to him 30 young men, brave heroes, and began to say: “Go, young men, and kill Bova in the sleepy stable, and I will give you a lot of gold and silver.” And everyone wants self-interest. And 30 young men rushed to Bova’s stable, but Bova was fast asleep. And in those 30 young men there was only one reasonable. And he decided to say: “But we can’t kill sleepy Bova. And Bova the awakener, what will happen to us? Bova, a brave Vitez, killed Bova, the strong and glorious hero Lukoper, and defeated 100,000 troops. Let's go to the butler! And the butler is the same as our sovereign Zenzevey Adarovich, and he will write a letter to the butler in the royal name and send Bova to the Rakhlen kingdom, but Bova will not recognize him from his sleep.” And the butler liked that word. And he sent the butler to the royal quarters and wrote a letter from King Zenzevey to Tsar Saltan Saltanovich, so that Tsar Saltan Saltanovich “wouldn’t turn on me and kill Lukoper, your son, and beat 100,000 troops. His name is Bova, and he sent his tongue to you with his head to death.” And the butler wrote and sealed the letter, and he himself lay down on the king’s bed and dressed himself in the royal blanket and sent it to Bov to the stables. And Bova came to the royal quarters and did not recognize Bova the butler. And he decided to speak in the royal name: “Bova, serve me with faith and truth. Go to the Rakhlen kingdom, take my petition to Tsar Saltan Saltanovich.” And Bova took the letter and hit him with his forehead and went to the stable. And he did not saddle the good horse of the hero, he saddled Bova the pacer and rode to the Rakhlen kingdom.

And Bova travels for 9 days and 9 nights and Bova cannot cross a river or stream, but Bova drinks as well as he wants. And you see Bov: there is an oak tree about a mile away from the road, and under the oak tree there is a monk. And Bova went... And the pilgrim said: “My lord, brave son of Bova, the prince!” Yaz I drink ukrukha, and for you, sir, I’ll also give you ukrukha.” And the elder scooped up the cup and turned away, poured in the sleeping selena and gave it to Bova. And Bova drank, and Bova fell off his horse onto the ground and slept for 9 days and 9 nights. And the old pilgrim took away Bova’s treasure sword and took away the good horse... And Bova arose from his sleep, even though he had neither the good pacer horse nor the treasure sword. And Bova shed a tear: “Merciful Savior and Most Pure Mother of God! The elder has already harmed me... and the sovereign sent me to death.” And Bova went wherever his eyes lead. And God rules the way.

And Bova came to the Rakhlen kingdom and entered the royal armor and laid the letter on the table. And Tsar Saltan Saltanovich accepted the letter, printed it and read it. And Tsar Saltan Saltanovich shouted: “O villain Bova..., now you yourself have come to me to die, I can hang you!” And Tsar Saltan Saltanovich shouted: “Do I have any young men, brave Vitezi? Take Bova and lead her to be hanged.” And soon the reels were set up, the cauldrons were prepared, and 60 young men stood up, took Bova 30 young men under his right arm, and another 30 young men under his left arm, and led Bova to be hanged. And he saw Bova crying and Bova shedding tears: “Merciful Savior and Most Pure Mother of God! What is my fault, what is my untruth, why am I dying? And God put it on Bova’s mind that Bova is a strong hero. And he hit Bova right hand and bruised 30 young men, shook Bova with his left hand and killed the other 30 young men. And Bova ran away from the Rakhlen kingdom.

And Tsar Saltan Saltanovich saw it and ordered to blow the horn and gathered 5 thousand of his court and chased after Bova. And they drove him away and caught him and brought him to Tsar Saltan Saltanovich. And Tsar Saltan Saltanovich decided to speak, like blowing a trumpet: “You, the villain Bova, want to leave death. I can hang you!

And that Tsar Saltan had a beautiful daughter, Princess Minchitria. And she put on a precious dress and went to her father in a robe and began to say: “My lord, father, Tsar Saltan Saltanovich! You can’t raise your son and my brother and you can’t raise 100,000 troops, but such a strong hero will be destroyed. And you, sir, father, give him into my arms, and I will turn his language into my Latin faith and into our god Akhmet, and he will take me as a wife and will be the keeper of our kingdom and protector from all countries.” And Tsar Saltan had a beautiful daughter, Princess Minchitria, in love. And Tsar Saltan says: “My dear child, beautiful princess Minchitriya, be at your will.”

And Princess Minchitria hit her father with her forehead... and went to her mansion and gave Bova a lot of drink and food of various foods and decided to say: “Bova, forget your Orthodox Christian faith... and take me for the wife of the place... But he will not believe in our Latin faith and If you don’t give me your place as a wife, my father may hang you or impale you.” And Bova’s speech: “Even if I be hanged or impaled on a stake, I don’t believe your Latin faith and I can’t forget my true one.” And Princess Minchitriya ordered Bova to be firmly imprisoned and covered with iron and covered with sand, and did not allow Bova to drink or eat for 5 days and 5 nights. And Beauvais should drink and eat as he wishes.

And the beautiful princess Minchitriya put on a precious dress and went to Bova in the dungeon and ordered the sand to be shoveled away and the iron cup to be opened. And she went into Bova’s prison and couldn’t look at Bovina’s beauty for 3 hours... “Bova! “Would you rather die of starvation or be hanged or impaled on a stake? Believe our Latin faith... and take me as your wife." - “Already, starvation is drawing closer to me. But I want to be hanged or impaled, but I don’t believe in your Latin faith and I can’t forget your glorious Christian faith.”

And Princess Minchitriya did not give Bova any drink or food and went to her father in the coat and began to say: “My lord, father, Tsar Saltan Saltanovich! I couldn’t seduce Bova’s tongue. If you want, hang him, or impale him.” And Tsar Saltan Saltanovich decided to say: “Do I have 30 young men? Go to the prison and take Bova and bring him to me, I can hang Bova.” And 30 young men stood and went to Bova’s prison and could not shovel away the sand and open the iron doors and decided to break the roof. And Bova began to spin: “I don’t have a treasure sword, I have nothing to fight against 30 young men,” and when he saw Bova in the corner of the dungeon, Bova took the treasure sword, and Bova was overjoyed. And the young men came to Bova to let people down into the dungeon in twos and threes and fives and threes. And Bova cuts and lays down the ladder. And he killed 30 young men and put them all behind the forest. And Tsar Saltan became angry with those young men: “The whore’s children came in and talked to Bova.” And he sent 30 other young men and ordered to immediately bring Bova. And 30 young men came and stood before Bova in the dungeon of the escaper. And Bova flogs and lays down the ladder. And Bova came out of prison and fled from the Rakhlensk kingdom. And Tsar Saltan Saltanovich ordered to blow the horn and gather troops of 30,000 and chase after Bova.

And Bova ran to the seaside shelter and saw Bova’s ship and jumped onto the ship and pulled away from the shore. And Tsar Saltan Saltanovich shouted in a loud voice: “Guest shipbuilders, release the traitor from my ship, who escaped from my prison, and his name is Bova. And if you don’t save my traitor, you won’t sail past my kingdom by ship and don’t trade in my kingdom.” And the male shipbuilders want to take Bova off the ship. And Bova took out a treasure sword from under his bosom and cut down the men and threw them into the sea. And the red ones on the ship hid and began to say: “Sir, brave Vitez, you cannot destroy us, and we, sir, will run to you wherever you need.”

And the red ones raised their sails and ran across the sea for a year and three months and ran up to the Zadonsk kingdom and saw three golden-domed towers and the weather carried them 100 miles away from the path. And Bova ordered the sails to be released and the anchors to be thrown into the water. And Bova began to walk around the ship and look in all directions. And you will see fishermen on the edge of the sea. And Bova shouted in a loud voice: “Come on, fisherman, don’t disobey, get on board the ship!” And the fisherman did not disobey, he came, and Bova decided to ask the fisherman: “Please, fisherman, tell me: is it a kingdom, or a horde, is there a king living or a king?” And the fisherman said: “Sir, guest shipbuilder! Our kingdom of Zadonsk stands, and our sovereign, King Markobrun, lives.” And Bova followed Bova’s reason and speech: “Isn’t that King Markobrun who wooed King Zenzevei Adarovich in the kingdom of Armenia to the beautiful princess Druzhnevna?” And the fisherman said: “Sovereign guest, the shipbuilder, that one. And now Queen Druzhnevna has begged our sovereign, King Markobrun, for a year, and keeps asking about the brave vitez about the prince’s Bova. Our sovereign Markobrun will have the joy of a wedding, marrying the beautiful princess Druzhnevna.” And the fisherman Beauvais sprinkled sand to his heart. And Bova said to the fisherman: “Perhaps, fisherman, sell the fish to the fishermen.” And the fisherman threw five sturgeons onto the ship: “Behold, sir, you have fish and a demon for sale.” And Bova took the gold and silver and covered it with damask and velvet, and threw it into the fisherman’s undercarriage. And the fisherman decided to say to Bova: “Sir, guest shipbuilder, you have given me a lot of belly,887 neither my children nor my grandson can eat or drink.” And Bova said: “Perhaps, fisherman, take me to the shore.” And the fisherman did not disobey, he took Bova as a ride and brought him to the shore. And Bova began to punish the Yaryzhnys: “Yaryzhnys, here’s the whole ship for you and with your belly. Divide in half, and don’t scold or fight.”

And Bova went to the Zadonsk kingdom and Bova walked for 5 days and 5 nights and found an old pilgrim, with whom he robbed and took from him a treasure sword and a good pacer horse. And Bova decided to beat the pilgrim. And the pilgrim prayed: “Don’t kill me, brave Vitez Bova the prince!” “I’ll give you a good pacer horse and a treasure sword, and I’ll give you three potions: a sleeping potion and a white potion, and the third black.” And Bova took three potions and a treasure sword and went.

Bova goes for 6 days to the Zadonsk kingdom. And he saw Elder Bova rowing wood chips on the street. And Bova’s speech to the elder: “Give me some of your black dress, but take my colored one.” And the elder decided to say: “Sovereign brave vitez, my dress is of no use to you, but your colored one is of no use to me: they will not give alms.” And Bova hit the elder on the ground and took off the old man’s black dress, and abandoned his colored dress. And Bova put on a black dress and went to the royal court and came to the cookhouse, and the cooks steal food.

And Bova came and began to ask for food: “Sirs, royal cooks, give drink and food to the passing old man for the Savior and the Most Pure Mother of God and for the sake of the brave prince Bova the prince.” And the cooks shouted: “O evil old man, why are you begging for mercy about Bova? Our sovereign has commanded about Bova: whoever remembers Bova will be executed by death without the royal knowledge.” And the cook rushed, grabbed a brand from under the cauldron and hit the old man, and the old man did not shake on the spot and grabbed the same brand, and the old man hit the cook and bruised him to death. And the cooks ran to the butler: “Butler, go to the kitchen. The old man came to the cookhouse and bruised Lutchev’s cook to death.” And the butler came to the kitchen... And Bova spoke: “Sovereign butler, do not order me, the old man, to be killed, because the old man did not hear your commandment as a passer-by.” And the butler’s speech: “Go, old man, to the back yard, there the princess Druzhnevna will divide the beggars with gold. Tomorrow our sovereign will have joy: our sovereign King Markobrun will marry the beautiful princess Druzhnevna.”

And the old man went to the back yard, even though there were a great many beggars in the back yard. And the old man went among the beggars, and the beggars would not give the old man a way, and they decided to beat the old man with sticks. And the old man decided to push the beggars on both sides, and behind the old man many dead lay. And the beggars decided to let the old man in. And the elder reached the beautiful princess Druzhnevna, and the elder shouted in a loud voice: “The sovereign, the beautiful princess Druzhnevna! Give me, the elder, mercy for the Savior and the Most Pure Mother of God and for the brave prince Bova the Prince.” Druzhnevna’s bowl of gold fell out of her hands. And the good heroic horse heard the rider of his brave prince Bova the prince and began to neigh in the stable... And the princess Druzhnevna began to say: “Come, nannies, and distribute gold to the poor.” And she took the elder and went to the back mansions and began to ask: “Elder, why are you begging for mercy about Bova? Where have you heard about my brave lord, Prince Bova?” And the elder said: “The Empress Princess! Yaz and Bova sat in the same prison in the Rakhlen kingdom, and we walked along the same road with Bova. Bova went to the left, and Yaz went to the right.” And the elder said: “The Empress Princess Druzhnevna! And when Bova comes now, what will you do to him?” And the beautiful princess Druzhnevna shed tears...: “If only Yaz had seen off Sovereign Bova in the thirtieth kingdom on the thirtieth land, and Yaz would have fallen to him there too!”

And at that time King Markobrun came to the beautiful princess Druzhnevna, and the old man was sitting, and Druzhnevna was standing in front of the old man. And King Markobrun decided to say: “Why are you, Druzhnevna, standing in front of the old man, and tears are dripping down your face?” And Princess Druzhnevna began to say: “My Lord, King Markobrun, how can I not cry? That old man came from our kingdom of Ormen and said: “My father and mother have died, and I’m crying for them.” And King Markobrun decided to say: “The Empress, the beautiful princess Druzhnevna! You can no longer help your father and your mother. And if you push, you’re just pushing your stomach. Despite everything that the good heroic horse has fought against 12 chains, it is already breaking through the last doors. And when he breaks through the last doors, there will be many dead in the city.” And the elder said: “Sovereign King Markobrun! I will console the good horse that a three-year-old baby can ride.” And King Markobrun said to the old man: “If you, old man, console the good horse, I will be kind to you, I will give you a lot of gold.” And the elder went to the stable, and Druzhnevna followed the elder. And the good heroic horse heard his rider and broke through the last doors and stood on his hind legs, grabbed him with his front legs, and decided to kiss him on the mouth like a man. And King Markobrun saw, went into the tent and locked himself in: “If a good horse broke through the last doors and crushed the old man, then a lot of city ​​of the dead there will be people."

And the beautiful princess Druzhnevna began to say: “What did you quickly console, old man?” And the elder said: “The beautiful Empress Princess Druzhnevna! And I myself am amazed that the good horse quickly recognized me, but you won’t recognize me for a long time. And the true language is Bova himself, the prince.” And Druzhnevna said to the elder: “What are you doing, elder, that confuses me! The sovereign Bova was velmily shaped, Bovina would have illuminated the entire stable with beauty.” And the elder took out a treasure sword from his bosom, and Druzhnevna pressed the sword to her heart: “The true sword of my sovereign Bova the prince! And you, old man, are black and ugly, and you followed God along the same path, and you stole his sword. And if my sovereign Prince Bova had that sword, he would have been able to wield that sword. And behold, my sovereign Bova had a wound on his head, and they put a finger into the wound. When he was serving in the kingdom of Armenia for my sovereign, my father, for King Zenzevei Aidarovich, Bova went with his armor and hit the doors, and a brick fell from above and broke Bova’s head. And I treated Bova with my own hands, and I know Bova’s wound.” And the elder took off his head and showed the wound. And Druzhnevna examined the wound and kissed it: “The true wound of my sovereign Bova, and you, old man, are bad and black.” And the elder said: “The true language is Bova himself. And you, Druzhnevna, order me to bring water, and I’ll wash myself with the white potion.” And Druzhnevna ran across the water herself and brought water in a silver washstand. And Bova washed himself with the white potion and illuminated Bova throughout the entire stable. And Druzhnevna fell at Bova’s feet and began to say: “My lord, brave prince Bova the prince! Don’t leave me, I’ll run with you from King Markobrun.” And Bova’s speech: “And you, Druzhnevna, go to King Markobrun and give him a drink and pour a sleeping potion into the goblet, and he sleeps for 9 days and 9 nights, and at that time we will run away.” And Bova gave the sleeping potion and Druzhnevna took the potion and wrapped it by the sleeve and went to her mansion and put on a precious dress and began to say: “My lord, King Markobrun! Tomorrow you and I will have joy: you, sir, will understand me for yourself. And you, sir, with me, let’s drink a cup of honey, so that I don’t grieve for my father and mother.” And King Markobrun had Druzhnevna in love. And soon he ordered to bring strong honey... and Druzhnevna, dodging, poured a sleeping potion from her sleeve and brought it to King Markobrun. And the king was in love with Druzhnevna and ordered her to drink in advance. And Druzhnevna regarded him as a disgrace: “My Lord, King Markobrun! I, a suffering girl, won’t get the chance to drink you before. Drink, sir, that cup of tea, and I’ll send you the other way.” And King Markobrun drank a cup of mead and went to sleep. And Princess Druzhnevna ran to Bova’s stable and began to say: “My lord, brave vitez Bova the prince! Already King Markobrun is fast asleep.”

And Bova saddled a good heroic horse for himself, and a pacer for Druzhnevna. And Druzhnevna took 2 tents from the treasury. And Bova put the tents in a toroka, and Bova sat on a good horse, and Druzhnevna on a pacer, and they drove away from the Zadonsk kingdom. And Bova rode with Druzhnevna for 9 days and 9 nights, and Bova stood in the field and raised white tents and hobbled good horses. And he went with Druzhnevna to the tent and copulated with Druzhnevna. And King Markobrun woke up from his sleep, even though he no longer had the beautiful princess Druzhnevna, or the good horse of the hero. And King Markobrun decided to say: “The old man was not a villain, it was the true prince Bova himself. The villain stole from me the beautiful princess Druzhnevna and the good horse of the hero.” And he commanded to sound the horn and gather an army of 30,000 and sent for Bova and Druzhnevnaya.

And Bova left the cold store’s tent. ...And how Bova heard the horse flood and the rumors of people, and went into the tent and began to say: “The Empress, the beautiful Queen Druzhnevna! There are small people behind us; to be pursued by King Markobrun." And the beautiful Queen Druzhnevna decided to say: “My gentle, brave vitez Bova the prince! If they catch us, we won’t be alive from King Markobrun.” And Bova said: “The beautiful Empress Queen Druzhnevna! Pray to God, God is with us.”

And Bova took the treasure sword and sat on a good horse and without a saddle and rode against the pursuer and beat the pursuer of 30,000, only leaving 3 people, punishing him, and released him to King Markobrun: “Why does King Markobrun send for me, only he loses troops! Does he know that yaz are strong, the hero is brave, Vitez Bova the prince? Yaz killed the strong hero Lukoper and defeated 9,000 troops.” And 3 people came to King Markobrun and decided to say: “Sovereign King Markobrun! Bova beat the entire army, but let the three of us go and did not order a chaser after him: what he sends for me, he only loses troops!

And King Markobrun ordered to blow the horn and gather 40,000 troops and send for Bova and Druzhnevna. And those young men began to say: “Our Lord, King Markobrun! Why should we go after God? But we can’t take Bova, we can only impose it with our own heads. There is, sir, you have a strong hero, and his name is Polkan, with the legs of a dog up to the waist, and from the waist down like another man, and he gallops 7 miles. He can snatch Bova and catch him, but he’s sitting in your dungeon behind 30 castles and 30 bridges.” And King Markobrun ordered Polkan to be released from prison and sent for Bova. And Polkan decided to gallop seven miles.

TSAR, TSAREVICH, KING, QUEEN... Alexander I, who during the war experienced a complete revolution of all his value orientations, did not renounce youthful impulses, but, as it were, mentally returned them to the lost church basis. From now on, he believed that it was philosophy

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