"thanks also to thee, tsar archidei aggeivitch. we are but simple people and simple are our ways. it would not do for us to become boyars or governors. we do not care for thy treasures either. we have our own father's field, which shall always give us bread for hunger and money for need. let us go home, taking with us thy gracious word as our reward. if thou choosest to be so kind, give us thine order which shall save us from the judges and tax-gatherers; and if we should be guilty of some offense, let thyself alone be our judge. and do, we pray thee, pardon the seventh simeon, our youngest brother. his trade is surely bad, but he is not the first and not the last one to have such a gift."