De morte Henrici Monte capitanei Naltangorum.
The Nattangians Tremble
After the prince's departure, the Nattangians are seized with fear, finding no place hidden enough from danger.
After this prince departed, the Nattangians began to tremble with fear, though at one time they had known no fear at all. There was no place so hidden that they did not fear danger threatening them.
The Death of Henry of Monte
Henry of Monte, captain of the Nattangians, is captured while alone in his tent and hanged from a tree, then pierced with a sword.
As a result, Henry of Monte, their captain, withdrew into the wilderness with several of his accomplices. While he sat alone in his tent — his companions being out on a hunt — Brother Henry of Sconenbergk, commander of Cristburgk, and Brother Helwicus of Goltbach arrived with a company of men-at-arms by an unexpected turn of events. When they saw Henry they rejoiced greatly, seized him, hanged him from a tree, and ran the hanged man through with a sword.
Glappo and Steynowh: A Bond of Loyalty
Glappo, captain of the Warmians, had a beloved man-at-arms named Steynowh, whom he often rescued from death.
Concerning the death of Glappo, captain of the Warmians, and the subjection of the Warmians and the Nattangians. Glappo, captain of the Warmians, had a certain man under his authority, called Steynowh, whom he loved most tenderly. He often rescued him from the danger of death.
Steynowh's Treacherous Plot
Steynowh, unmindful of Glappo's kindness, repays good with evil and plans to deliver him to death by luring him to storm a castle in Sambia.
But that man, unmindful of the kindness shown him, repaid evil for good and hatred for love. He plotted how he might deliver him over to death, and to bring this about, he invited him to storm a certain castle in the land of Sambia near the shore of the Vistula Sea, almost opposite the castle of Brandenburgk, assigning him a day when he was to arrive with his army.
The Betrayal and Fall of Glappo
Steynowh betrays Glappo to the commander of Königsberg, who surprises and kills Glappo's army, then hangs Glappo on a mountain that bears his name.
In the meantime, this Steynow came to the commander of Königsberg and betrayed the whole affair, advising him to go with his army along with him. He approved the plan, took several brothers and men-at-arms with him, and set out. He found Glappo with his army besieging the said castle, and rushing suddenly upon them, killed them all. But he led Glappo back to Königsberg, and on a mountain that to this day is called Mount Glappo after his name, he hanged him.
Submission of the Natangians and Warmians
With their commanders dead, the Natangians and Warmians once again submit themselves to the faith and to the brothers.
With the commanders and the others through whom the war had been waged now killed, the Natangians and Warmians once again submitted themselves to the faith and to the brothers.
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Post hujus principis recessum Nattangi inceperunt trepidare timore, ubi aliquando non erat timor. Nusquam fuit locus adeo occultus, ubi non timerent sibi periculum imminere. Unde accidit, quod Henricus Monte capitaneus ipsorum, cum quibusdam suis complicibus secessit in desertum, et dum solus sederet in tentorio suo, sociis suis in venacione existentibus, supervenerunt ex inopinato rerum eventu fratres Henricus de Sconenbergk commendator de Cristburgk et frater Helwicus de Goltbach cum quibusdam armigeris, et viso Henrico gavisi sunt valde, et rapientes eum ad arborem suspenderunt et suspensum gladio transfixerunt. De morte Glapponis capitanei Warmiensium et subjectione Warmiensium e/i36(ii) Naltangorum. Glappo capitaneus Warmiensium habuit quendam virum sibi subjectum, dictum Steynowh, quem tenerrime dilexit. Sepius eum a mortis periculo libe— ravit. Sed ille immemor beneficii sibi ab eo prestiti retribuebat mala pro bonis, et odium pro dilectione. Cogitavit enim, qualiter ipsum in mortem traderet, et ut hoc posset deducere ad effectum, invitavit ipsum ad expugnandum castrum quoddam, situm in terra Sambie circa litus maris recentis, fere ex opposito castri Brandenburgk, assignans ei diem, quando cum suo deberet exercituk advenire.
Medio tempore venit iste Steynow ad commendatorem de Kunigsbergk, et factum hujusmodi prodidit, consulens ei, ut cum exercitu suo secum iret. Qui annuens consilio suo, assumptis sibi pluribus" fratribus et armigeris, venit, et Glapponem cum exercitu suo in obsidione dicti castri invenit, et irruens repente in ipsos omnes occidit. Sed Glapponem secum duxit Kunigsbergk, et in monte, qui a nomine suo usque in presentem diem dicitur mons Glapponis, suspendit. Occisis ergo capitaneis et aliis, per quos bellum regebatur, Nattangi et Warmienses se fidei et fratribus iterum submiserunt.
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