De fratre Conrado de Tirbergk magistro Prussie.
Brother Conrad of Tirberg's Mastery
Brother Conrad of Tirberg the younger presided as master of Prussia for five and a half years, and together with his full brother, also named Conrad of Tirberg, they were valiant men whose campaigns against the unbelievers prospered.
Brother Conrad of Tirberg the younger, master of Prussia, presided for five and a half years.1 This Brother Conrad was the full brother of the aforementioned Brother Conrad of Tirberg, the master, and both were valiant men, glorious in years and in all their deeds. The war against the unbelievers prospered in their hands, so that everything turned out just as they had hoped.23
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Frater Conradus de Tirbergk junior magister Prussie xn prefuit v annis cum dimidio. Hic frater Conradus fuit germanus fratris Conradi de Tirbergk magistri supradicti, et erant ainbo viri strenui et in annis, et in factis omnibus gloriosi, prosperatumque fuit bellum contra infideles in manibus ipsorum ita, quod ad votum eis omnia successerunt.
Notes
- 1 ↩The numeral 'xn' is an abbreviation for decem (ten), but the surrounding context (the previous chapter's account of the elder Conrad's tenure) and the parallel with 'v annis cum dimidio' suggest 'xn' here is a scribal corruption or abbreviation for a shorter period; the translation follows the 'v annis cum dimidio' reading as the operative figure.
- 2 ↩germanus rendered as 'full brother' (i.e., biological brother, not merely a brother in the religious order).
- 3 ↩ainbo is a medieval spelling of ambo ('both').
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