De bello fratris Ulrici contra Sudowilas.
The Bold Spirit of Brother Ulricus
Brother Ulricus is introduced as a man of great courage who dared what others feared and inflicted countless losses on the Sudovians.
This brother Ulricus was entirely great-spirited. For he dared to undertake difficult deeds, which the timid feared even to look at. And he inflicted many — indeed countless — losses on the Sudovians.
The Master's Restraint
The master forbade Ulricus from further independent attacks, fearing notable danger from his relentless warfare.
He waged war against them so often that the master, fearing some notable danger might come to himself from this, forbade him from attacking them any further on his own special authority.
The Desire for Christlike Wounds
When questioned about his hostility, Ulricus declared he would gladly suffer five wounds, as Christ had been wounded for him.
And when he was asked by him why he was so hostile toward them, he answered: I wouldn't care what I might do, so long as I could be wounded by them with five wounds, just as Christ had been wounded for me.
The Fulfillment of His Desire
Sudo wite killed Ulricus in battle with five wounds, fulfilling his expressed longing to share in Christ's suffering.
And so it came to pass for him, because Sudo wite at last killed him in battle with five wounds as he was fighting.
Read the original Latin
Hic frater Ulricus totus fuit magnanimus. Audebat enim aggredi ardua facta, que meticulosus inspicere formidabat. Multa et infinita damna intulit Sudowitis. Tociens contra eos bellum movit, quod magister timens ex hoc sibi aliquid notabile periculum evenire, prohibuit eum, ne de cetero ipsos impugnaret sine sua licencia speciali. Et cum quereretur ab eo, quare sic infestus esset ipsis, respondit: non curarem, quid agerem, ut possem vulnerari ab eis v vulneribus, sicut Cristus pro me fuerat vulneratus. Et sic factum fuit ei, quia Sudo wite tandem ipsum in bello vulnerantes v vulneribus occiderunt.
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