De morte plurium Pruthenorum.
The Pride of Diwanus
Diwanus, emboldened by past success, again ravages Christian lands and believes no resistance remains, sending his army ahead with plunder while he follows with a small band.
The aforementioned Diwanus, once again raging against Christian blood, gathered a strong force and plundered the territories around Cristburgk and Mergenburgk anew, thinking that now the Votum ought to fall to him just as it had before. For he had already killed and captured so many brothers and other Christians that he did not believe any who could resist him survived. After sending his army ahead with the plunder, he himself followed with a small band.
The River Chobar
The Teutonic brothers gather at the river Chobar and fiercely attack Diwanus, slaying his kinsman Dabore and all his people.
But the brothers from Cristburgk and Elbingo, numbering a scant ten thousand, came to the river Chobar. There they fiercely attacked Diwanus, and killed a certain kinsman of his, called Dabore, and the entire people.
Flight and Thanksgiving
Diwanus flees in shame while the brothers return home with rescued plunder and thanksgiving.
But Diwanus fled with a small company and escaped — though not without great shame. Bringing back the plunder they had rescued from the enemy, the brothers returned to their own lands with thanksgiving.
Read the original Latin
Diwanus predictus iterum seviens in sanguinem Cristianum, congregato exercitu validoc, territoria circa Cristburgk et Mergenburgk denuo depredavit, putans, quod nunc deberet ei ad Votum succedere sicut prius. Jam enim tot fratres et alios Cristianos interfecit et captivavit, quod non credidit aliquos superesse, qui resistere possent ei. Unde premisso exercitu suo cum spolio, ipse cum paucis sequebatur. Sed fratres de Cristburgk et Elbingo cum modico rant decem millia, venerunt ad fluvium Chobar. Ibi Diwanum viriliter sunt aggressi, et quendam consanguineum ipsius, dictum Dabore d, et totum populum occiderunt. Sed Diwanus cum paucis non sine magna verecundia fugiens sice evasit. Reducentes ergo fratres predam, quam de manu ipsorum eruerant, cum graciarum actione ad propria sunt reversi.
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