De secunda dicte civitatis Insule sancte Marie destructione.
The Prussians Advance and the Brothers Ride Out
After the Prussians ravage the land of Culm and advance toward Belichow, Brother Conrad the Swabian rides out from Elbing and engages them in a fierce joust with many wounded on both sides.
After the city on the island of Holy Mary had been rebuilt by the brothers with great labor and expense, it happened that the Prussians, with an immense army, having laid waste the land of Culm, advanced to the castle of Belichow, belonging to a certain nobleman of Pomesania called Jonis son of Sarginus, situated above the Osa. From that castle Brother Conrad the Swabian went out from Elbing with many men-at-arms, and he engaged them in a joust, in which many on both sides were wounded.
The Second Destruction of Insula Sancte Marie
The Prussians lay a long and harsh assault on the city of the island of Holy Mary, destroying it utterly again, killing, capturing, or scattering its defenders, and bringing great disgrace upon sacred images, vestments, and church sacraments.
When this was done they approached the city on the island of Holy Mary, and after a long and harsh assault they destroyed it utterly again; some fled to the castle, others who had defended themselves in a certain fortress of the city were saved, while the rest were captured or killed. In these two battles with the Prussians great disgrace was brought upon the images of the saints, upon sacred vestments, and upon other things dedicated to the worship of God and to the sacraments of the church.
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Reedificata civitate Insule sancte Marie per fratres cum magnis laboribus et expensis, accidit, quod Prutheni cum immenso exercitu depopulata terra Colmensi processerunt ad castrum Belichow cujusdam nobdis de Pomesania, dicti Jonis filii Sargini, situm supra Ossam. De quo Castro exiit frater Conradus Swevus de Elbingo cum multis armigeris, et habuit contra ipsos hastiludium, in quo plures ex utraque parte fuerant vulnerati. Quo facto accesserunt ad civitatem Insule sancte Marie, et post longam et duram impugnacionem iterum ipsam penitus destruxerunt; quibusdam fugientibus ad castrum, alii in quodam propugnaculo civitatis se defendentesa salvati sunt, ceteri capti sunt vel occisi. In duabus hiis pugnis Pruthenorum magna factab fuit verecundia imaginibus sanctorum ab iis, vestibus sacris et aliis ad cultum dei dicatis et ecclesie sacramentis.
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