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But that would mean that the bees did not pick any specific candidate; they just flew into the field, sat down to rest for a while and then flew away. And it was already after Michael had been elected, so all the bees could do was, at best, to approve the choice made by the nobility. You can see exactly this interpretation of the event in an anonymous poem cited by Kochowski: | But that would mean that the bees did not pick any specific candidate; they just flew into the field, sat down to rest for a while and then flew away. And it was already after Michael had been elected, so all the bees could do was, at best, to approve the choice made by the nobility. You can see exactly this interpretation of the event in an anonymous poem cited by Kochowski: | ||
[[File:Elekcja1.jpg|thumb|The election field in 1669, with the Senatorial Shed in the front right and the Circle of Knights extending behind it]] | [[File:Elekcja1.jpg|thumb|The election field in 1669, with the Senatorial Shed (A) in the front right and the Circle of Knights (B) extending behind it]] | ||
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| <poem>This swarm confirms our verdict by auspicious omen, | | <poem>This swarm confirms our verdict by auspicious omen, | ||