"You have written to us through Gabriel Patrov, our guest, that you
desire to come to us. It is our wish that you do so. When you are with
us, we shall give you evidence of our favorable disposition toward you.
Should you wish to serve us, we will confer honors upon you. But should
you not wish to remain with us, and prefer to return to your country,
you shall be free to go."
For some reason or other, Zacharias never accomplished his contemplated
trip, notwithstanding the many inducements repeatedly offered by the
czar during a period of eighteen years. Perhaps it was because of the
disturbances which rendered transportation dangerous; possibly because
he preferred to serve the khan rather than the czar, for we find him, in
1500, a resident of Circassia. See JE, vi. 107-108; vi. 12.]
[Footnote 13: E.g. Barakha, the hero (1601), Ilyash Karaimovich, the
starosta (1637), and Motve Borokhovich, the colonel (1647). See JE, ii.
128; iv. 283; ix. 40.]
[Footnote 14: See Czacki, Rosprava o Zhydakh, Vilna, 1807, p. 93;
Buchholtz, Geschichte der Juden in Riga, Riga, 1899, p. 3; Mann, Sheerit
Yisrael, Vilna, 1818, ch.
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