Salvete Omnes
the painting above, a watercolor painted by famous artist Juliusz Kossak in the late XIX century, depicts a particular event that took place during the aftermath of the 2nd battle of Parkany.
Polish XVII century memoirist Jan Ch. Pasek wrote down the description of the 1683 campaign based on conversations with the actual participants. One of them was his brother's son (hence synowiec) or nephew Stanislaw Pasek.
The painting describes Stanislaw's tale about what happened after the battle:
'My nephew Stanislaw Pasek [captured] a certain important-looking Turk, because of his fine costume and of a beautiful steed he was mounted upon; he had already disarmed [his prisoner] and rode with him by leading the [Turkish] horse by its reins, with the Turk mounted upon it, until a German [horseman] rode up, and when [the German] was parallel to the Turk , he run [the Turk] through with his sword. The Turk just only groaned, so when [my] nephew turned to see [he saw] that the [Turk] opened his mouth in last gasps and was falling off the horse. The German rode quickly to the side. My nephew berated the [German] -
-"Oh scoundrel, such and son of the bitch! you killed my prisoner, is that honorable?"
The German just laughed and said [in broken Polish]:
-"I am [your] Pan/Sir / Brother , Pan/Sir/ Pole, I am astonished that you want to feed this devil/pagan."
My Nephew continued to scold him:
-"You are a knave, not a chivalrous man, when you kill a prisoner in my custody (in my hands)."
The German kept on laughing and riding, thus slipped away [unpunished]. What was the nephew to do? The German harbored [then] great hatred towards the Turks [...] and because the German were cruel by nature and when in victory don't know how to show noble moderation.''
in Polish from one of the versions that survived, devoid of Latin phrases and curses) -
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