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Stanisław Pszonka -LRB- Babinski ; c. 1511 - 1580 -RRB- of the Janina heraldic family from Babin , Poland was a Lublin judge .. Janina. Janina coat of arms. heraldic family. heraldic family. judge. judge. Lublin. Lublin. Between 1550 and 1560 he founded the Babin Republic -LRB- a satirical , literary , and carnival society -RRB- with Piotr Kaszowski and served as its burgrave .. Babin Republic. Babin Republic. Piotr Kaszowski. Piotr Kaszowski. burgrave. burgrave. In March 1596 Pszonka took part in the synod at Bełzyce with Mikołaj Sienicki , chamberlain of Chełm ; Adam Gorajski ; and Piotr Kaszowski .. Piotr Kaszowski. Piotr Kaszowski. Bełzyce. Bełzyce. Mikołaj Sienicki. Mikołaj Sienicki. chamberlain. podkomorzy. Chełm. Chełm. Adam Gorajski. Adam Gorajski. In the reign of Zygmunt August , he was summoned to a public duel by Brzostowski , but did not appear .. Zygmunt August. Zygmunt August. After Stanisław Pszonka 's death , his son Jakub Pszonka -LRB- 1562-1622 -RRB- , a leader of the Zebrzydowski Rebellion , took over Babin and became its burgrave .. burgrave. burgrave. Jakub Pszonka. Jakub Pszonka. Zebrzydowski Rebellion. Zebrzydowski Rebellion. At his death , the Babin Republic passed to Jakub 's son Adam Pszonka - chorazy of Chełm and later chamberlain of Lublin .. Babin Republic. Babin Republic. chamberlain. podkomorzy. Chełm. Chełm. Adam Pszonka. Adam Pszonka. chorazy. chorazy. Lublin. Lublin. Adam 's death in 1677 brought about the end of the Babin Republic .. Babin Republic. Babin Republic. According to the historian and Calvinist polemicist Stanisław Sarnicki , members of the Babin Republic - called `` Babinianie '' - included Jan Kochanowski , Mikołaj Rej , Stanisław Trzeciecki , Mikołaj Sep Szarzynski , and Jan Achacy Kmita .. Babin Republic. Babin Republic. Calvinist. Calvinism. Stanisław Sarnicki. Stanisław Sarnicki. Jan Kochanowski. Jan Kochanowski. Mikołaj Rej. Mikołaj Rej. Stanisław Trzeciecki. Stanisław Trzeciecki. Mikołaj Sep Szarzynski. Mikołaj Sep Szarzynski. Jan Achacy Kmita. Jan Achacy Kmita. In 1837 Leonard Chodzko produced a steel engraving portrait of Stanisław Pszonka in his monumental La Pologne -LRB- Paris , 1836-1837 -RRB- .. Leonard Chodzko. Leonard Chodzko. steel engraving. steel engraving. Other portraits include that by Jan Matejko in his oil painting of the Babin Republic , and the 1881 steel engraving by Antoni Oleszczynski , which appeared with the Varietes polonais publishing house .. Babin Republic. Babin Republic. steel engraving. steel engraving. Jan Matejko. Jan Matejko. Antoni Oleszczynski. Antoni Oleszczynski. An anonymous poet composed Pszonka 's epitaph , which Sarnicki records as follows  :. `` Plurima si unquam debet Respublica Pszonkae .. Debet in hac viridi qui requiescit humo ,. Namque sodalitinm sanxit fundamina cujus ,. Conficti absque dole sunt fuerantque tales .. Cresce sodalitium , quod si tibi nostra probantur. Carmina , me graemio jungito quaeso tuo . ''