ABSTRACT
Zamosc, a city with which none can be compared in strength, possessed a double wall and a moat surrounded it. In the city of Krzemieniec one hoodlum obtained a slaughtering knife, and slaughtered several hundred Jewish children, and asked his comrade, in mockery, whether they were "kosher" or "trefah." Also in the narrow paths near Biechow, the scoundrels overtook several hundred carts of Jews and they killed all of them. The slaughters released cannon fire from the wall and killed many of the enemy. Yet thousands of Jews died of starvation and of the plague which broke out in the city. The oppressor, Chmiel, together with his Ukrainian and Tartar forces journeyed onward, and turned toward the Metropolis of Lublin, one of the four great communities in the Kingdom of Poland; a city unequaled in scholarship, worldly affairs, and loving kindness.
