text:  He represented to her that the possession of the duchy of Lithuania the inhabitants of which were distinguished by their bravery and their turbulence would enable him--should the king opportunely die--to seize upon the vacant throne of Poland;--that he had numerous and powerful friends among the nobility;--that he had already drawn together his Lithuanians under pretence of protecting the frontier from the incursion of predatory bands;--that he intended immediately to place himself at their head and march towards Cracow