De bello fratrum et civiuma de Elbingo infra secundam apostcisiam, et de le.
Nobles Forsake Inheritance to Join the Brothers
During the rising persecution of the second apostasy, a small number of Pogesanian nobles, grateful for the kindness shown by the master and brothers, abandoned their paternal inheritance and brought their entire households to Elbing to faithfully join the religious community.
Certain faithful Pogesanians who had attached themselves to the brothers. While the persecution of the second apostasy was rising, certain nobles from Pogesania — though few in number — not ungrateful for the kindnesses shown to them by the master and the brothers, left behind their paternal inheritance and came to Elbing with their entire household and family, and faithfully attached themselves to the brothers.
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quibusdam fidelibus Pogesanis, qui fratribus adheserunt. 1 Dum surgeret secunde apostasie persecucio, quidam de Pogesania nobiles, licet pauci, non ingrati beneficiis sibi a magistro et fratribus exhibitis, relicta hereditate paterna cum omni domo et familia venientes Eibingum fratribus fideliter adheserunt.
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