Then, Tsar,' he pushed back the table in his indignation, and sprang to his feet--'then you ordered the boyard, Morozof, to wear the fool's cap! You forced the man, who had saved Tula and Moscow, to play the fool to amuse you and your idle courtiers!' "The look of the old warrior was fierce; the absurdity of his dress disappeared. His eyes flashed fire, his white beard fell on a chest scarred with many wounds now hidden beneath a jester's cloak. So much dignity was there in him that by his side the Tsar looked mean. "Tsar, your new fool stands before you. Listen to his last jest. While you live the people dare not speak, but when your hateful reign is over your name will be cursed from generation to generation, until, on the day of judgment, the hundreds and thousands you have murdered--men, women and little children, all of whom you have tortured and killed, all will stand before God appealing against you, their murderer. On that dreadful day I, too, shall appear in this same dress before the Great Judge, and will ask for that honour you took from me on earth. You will have no body-guard then to defend you; the Judge will hear us, and you will go into that everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels.' "Casting a disdainful look upon the courtiers, Morozof turned round and slowly withdrew. None dared to stop him. He passed through the hall with great dignity, and not until the jingle of his bells ceased did any speak."--_Alexis Tolstoi._ His son, the Tsarevich Ivan, wished to lead an army against his father's enemies in Lithuania. In this offer the jealous Tsar saw an attempt to gain popularity. He turned on Ivan savagely and struck him repeatedly with the iron-shod "sceptre" he always carried; the last blow knocked the young man senseless. He fell to the ground, and the Tsar, now frightened, did his utmost to save him, but he was injured too severely and died four days later. There still exists in the monastery of St Cyril, Moscow, a synodal letter, in which are specified a number of victims for whom Ivan solicited the prayers of the Church. The souls of 3,470 in all are to be prayed for; 986 of these are mentioned by name, the others are cited as--"with his wife," "with sons," "with wife and children," "Kazarim Dubrovski and his two sons and the ten men who came to their defence," "twenty men of the village of Kolomensko," "eighty of Matveche," "Remember, Lord, the souls of thy servants to the number of 1,505 Novgorodians."