And it says, the tributaries of the Varangians drove them back beyond the sea, and refusing them further tribute, set out to govern themselves. So they pushed them back beyond what we now call the Baltic Sea, and they decided to govern themselves. There was no law among them. Tribe rose against tribe, and they began to war one against another. They said to themselves, let us seek a prince who may rule over us and judge us according to the law. They accordingly went overseas to the Varangian Rus'. So they went back to the Rus', and they said, these warring Eastern Slavic tribes said, our land is great and rich, but there is no order in it.