In former times devil played great part in life of people doubtless. Proof - one from many - quantity of names, which ages were invented in ; within onto sign of this representative of hells. Let's taste to enumerate it: devil, satan, devil, spirit of darkness, fallen angel, lucyper, devil, hell-living, sin-making, black, rokita (specific name), badly, bad, worse, Boruta (name), Mefistofel, demon, Asmodeusz - and it can even still different, kept in different local hums. No different notion in our language does not have so many synonyms probably.

Lively language keeps many notions, which for present have already only symbolic meaning. Devil is example of this just. It was long ago differently. Bad spirit was everywhere. He was reality, terror, threat. "Let oneself this nobody surprise, because with devils thing no counter!".

Satan be able to sneak in everywhere how snake, as mouse, as maggot, and to enter time openly, it dared and to reach for one's trophy.

So it was he sold himself devils and he had help in them to sure time from Twardowski, which already in youth. Here to remember incidentally it is proper , that Twardowski carried name Peter, about what no everybody know. Still to it hears such qualifications: "infernal Peter", "infernal Pete", "black Pete" - today then just from times of Twardowski.

Devils were different: German, French, Polish and international. They were clever come over every. Even - about horror! - Clerical person. They could entries into every man; and also, as well as, into animal. This metamorphoses attracted serious consequences behind itself .

Boruta was type of Polish devil. He did not deal with small swindles. Serious devil Boruta this. If he did not spend time in Pinczow, where he deceived merchant hearses and he drew in into bottomless swamps, he sat place in Cracow, in cellar dungeons "Krzysztofory". Here he had one's bewared most important vault.

Cellars in Krzysztofory were and they are huge. Long ago still larger, they went on under Main Market (Rynek), and from here mysterious, narrow passes led as much as under Wawel (Wawel Hill, the place when the castle of Polish Kings is built), and it can to cave of dragon (Smocza Jama) and Vistula (Wisla) even.

Boruta, how it was said, he liked waters, marshes and treasures, and that in Cracow and all around city of swamps it was quite a lot of and well-off people also - our town take a liking for himself .

Time sure in Krzysztofory ball, be held and rather three-days', lordly wedding feast in team of three hundred invited guests; no counting this, what did attach they themselves after road, when wedding procession from St Mary 's church trod after lined with dark red fabric to Krzysztofory through Main Market. Fourth's day, after game, service acted order in palace. Empty barrels and ganders were taken down to cellars. Blazej called Greedy, enlightened road, from village Marcyporeba, recent agreed to service. Suddenly, like wind blew cool, torch in hand of Blazej go out. Go behind him farm-hand sware, he flung empty barrel and he turned back . Blazej became myself. He put aside dejected torch, it looks for flints - it does not find. Until here from depth like reflection of light hits onto opposite wall. It goes in this of direction more and more most surely , until it comes in clearnesses in a circle ; all around so strong, that it squints eyes. On resource of great and high hall table, stands and on him bags of ducats and spilt all around twinkling gold. Behind table nobleman from your dressed counts moneys.

Blazej Greedy supposed at first , that this some mighty man disappeared in time of game down to cellar. He amazed and him magnitude of gold terrified - he open mouth from admiration. Unknown he pulled up brow into mountain, he looked, but it does not break calculation. Greedy hears clearly: hundred thousands' ten, hundred thousands' nine, hundred…ven...

"What a lot of money! What a lot of money!" Blazej wonders. - But well this at devil! - He sware. - To back man counts whether how?

Since tylko it fell he kicked curse, man into table, that mountains jumped up golden. He raised bad eyes onto bollard.

"You misled me bill!" He announced. "Do you know, that to call in me on it one may free?!" He asked severely. He pushed near closer.

Now just Blazej Greedy get to knew , that this devil. Unknown dust only one shoe - beautiful yellow leg, second bad leg, with black hoof as at black horse, strongly covered in fetlock.

Greedy fear took off , to plead conceived himself , to apologize. Boruta keep silent , only tail, how at cow, he took up to turn like cat; which something see one another . He said yet "So by three you caroused days on mountain; that me sacks with moneys jumped up . Some, that old, they cracked. I need from new to count all! You have!" Squat money-bag flung him and talk nobody, something here he saw!

Blazej drew out both hand, but money-bag, probably smouldered, he cracked in the air - moneys as birds spreaded. Blazej managed to catch three gold coins, only just and here suddenly light off. He made smell and chill. He heard chink and din. Keeping ducats in tight handful, he withdrew to find exit. Hair bristled him on head. That to feel tight fist hard after walls in complete darkness, he put moneys for in one 's breast pocket and he wanted to move briskly. Suddenly candles stood up him in eyes, and then blazing darkness...

Just onto second day servants found Blazej large with bump on head how Italian nut in shell.

"Somewhere he was? He made something, at devil!" Greedy Blazej recovered consciousness , finger put on mouth. "Hash! What was, this was! To talk it one may !"

What one may ? You are in kitchen, no on your peaces. Peasant go silly, he go silly . Devil of him came over!

Blazej reached for in one 's breast pocket , he feel moneys. He answered anything. He scratched himself out onto one's pellet above stable and he slept by three days and three nights. When he came to itself , that him she smoked curiosity and gluttony, he drank bottle furtively fault, he took onto courage and he went to dungeon. He passed seven halls and seven narrow, winding corridors. He hit onto old place. Boruta accepted him politely.
"Because you talked anything, prize one should you." and he passed him pouch. "Go to house. Here do not come back already, you understand?! You have more depression for your service to end of life."

Greedy came back happily, he hid moneys under pallet. Onto second day he took out it, he looked at , he counted, he took one ducat and he invited colleagues to inn yet. From interestedness this made: "You push so it went easily. That above admiration... And if so to go once again ... In company... Because Boruta has much of gold... And again devil no such terrible, as they talk this!"

When he drank, he allowed to secret of two bollards and they went soon into three. Blazej led. Soon on beginning of road torches, spare matches them off, barrels barred road. When they consented and they took up to strike fire, such devilish rumbling reverberated in depth; that they flung all. They ran away .

Through sure time they gave up further expeditions. They get to knew merry girls and they gave whole economies soon, and then Blazej - no free yet pile oneself Greedy - he reached gold after one's (of Boruta). It arrived buddies, soon moneys disappeared without trace, anything stayed them Now already different, as with will whether without will Boruta to win new moneys.

Having already some experience, they prepared suitably. They went in the morning to monastic porch and they sprinkled themselves holy water strongly, and they purchased holy signs and holy chalk moreover from gang. So safe, with stout stanchions in palms - they moved. It announced itself this time well. Torches and matches got out, yes, but they had glazed street lamp, this, though wick hissed and he sizzled, she shone. They struck fire and they lighted torches on newly also immediately. They went long. New high halls, some beautifully paint, opened this in front of them more and more and narrow, winding corridors. Light flashed already. They accelerated step. Blazej went ahead and he found himself soon in well-known itself of hall. Servants trembling from fear they stood up behind him. Boruta, as usual, counted spreaded moneys on table.

"I know, after why you came" he said. "You of moneys one needs on meretricious plays. I, devil, not to be you he disturbed in this!" And he burst into laughter such giggle, that frost passed them after bones. He laughed long, as much as ceiling rumbled. Yet he talk to them oneself: "Take golds, how much you want!"

They jumped towards table, but - for a wonder! - Ducats, how lively, they go away them from hands, they rolled after table and the ground , they ran away . Servants ran behind them without result. Yet, breathless, helpless stood up . Boruta giggled and he croaked on alternatively. Until oneself for sides he captured from delight.

"You want devilish ducats gang" he said already "and you went out from church porch... How this? Throw asides dedicated clothing." Fear of them took off , but desire of gold was overpowering. They throw asides capotes, shirts, shoes. "And holy chalk in pockets, and holy signs!" demand Boruta placed. They throw asides all. They stood up in the nude . They trembled from colds and fear, and they drew out hand of them towards gold still, eyes burnt with .

"Take now! They will not run away" Boruta said.
They threw themselves into front. They caught gold in handful greedily, more considerably, they could depression bear him. They caught into fingers from legs, this yet were not them obedient. They pushed through , they jostled, though lot was gold. They massed they tried whole heaps, which to shift, to roll over towards exit... To most, as most! Boruta looked on them and he laughed, but like with growing repugnance. Already, after the example Blazej, they took up ducats into mouths gang, choking oneself and spewing gold. Then Boruta got up, he laughed once still, but so, that ceilings shook themselves . Lift table and he flung him about the ground both hands.

Plaster poured from walls, with bang they conceived to crack ceilings. Stones and bricks with rumble slumped into pit.

It was looked for it accompanies Blazej and him long. Them were not found never. Every trace for them got lost .

In day, in which they disappeared, horror surrounded occupants of Cracow. Into myself noon as they felt strong underground shock, particularly in city centre . Town hall tower swang, her walls cracked. Myself town hall suffered still strongly. It was not sacrifices fortunately in people, but edifice grazed into ruin and despite many tests, to save him, this already possible was not .

Town hall tower was strengthened, particularly from inside, bricking new wall, adjoining to old. New ceilings were put below former also. Into this way tower wall was packed how effigy and in such state she last out to our times.

Cellars of Krzysztofory - which once they reached until under Wawel Hill- and they impress size today still (they are allowed to go in, cleaned, warmed, they served put out as place and meeting with artists. But only this small part of all those, in which reigned and bewared treasures Polish devil Boruta.