In1675,theTurkslaidsiegetoTrembaula.ThePolishnobilityinthefortressdeterminedtodeliveruptheplace.Chrosonowski,governorofTrembaula,heardtheresolutiontheyhadtaken,andinstantlyrepairedto*thecouncil."Itisyetuncertain,"saidhe,"whethertheenemywillmasterus.Butthisiscertain,that,ifyoupersistinyourdastardlyresolution,Iwillburneveryoneofyoualiveinthishall.Thesoldiersareatthismomentatthedoors,andthetorcheslighted,readytoexecutemyorders."Thisfirmnesshadthedesiredeffect,andthenobilityabandonedtheirdesign.
Chrosonowskiwasabletoholdthefortresstillhelparrived,whichcompelledtheTurkstoraisethesiege.
一六七五年,土耳其人圍攻特倫鮑拉,城堡裏的波蘭貴族決定獻地投降。特倫鮑拉總督赫羅索諾夫斯基聽到這決議,立刻走到議會上,告訴他們:「敵軍能不能打敗我們,還是未知之數,但有一點可以肯定,那就是:假如你們堅持那懦夫決定,我會把你們每一個都活活燒死在這會堂裏。士兵這一刻就在門前,火把也都已點着,只待我一聲命令。」他堅決的態度果然奏效,那些貴族放棄了獻城計劃。
赫羅索諾夫斯基守住城堡,直到救兵到來,土耳其人不得不解圍而去。
*Repair和to連用,是「去」的意思,例如:Theyrepairedtotheircountryhouseforthesummer(他們夏天就到鄉間的別墅居住)。