De depredacione territoriorum Pastoviee et Gesovie.
Master Meneko's Retaliatory Raid
Brother Meneko the master leads a hundred brothers and cavalry into Prussian territory, seeking redress for prior Lethowini aggression.
At the same time, Brother Meneko the master, not yet finished with the harm done by the Lethowini, entered the territories of —— of the land of Prussia with a hundred brothers and a large force of cavalry.
Devastation of Sovia and Pastovie
Meneko invades Sovia and Pastovie with fire and sword, killing men and seizing plunder.
Part Three. He invaded Sovia and Pastovie with hostile force, devastating it with fire on the greatest scale; he captured and killed a few men and seized a modest amount of plunder.
The Ambush and the Duel with Jesbuto
On the retreat the Lethowini pursue and attack; in the fighting the former ally Jesbuto wounds Brother Henry Zutswert, is pierced by Brother Ilenricus, and in his death throes cuts off Henry's finger.
On the retreat, the Lethowini followed and repeatedly attacked the brothers. In this battle, Jesbuto — who had before been a friend but was now an enemy — rushed upon Brother Henry Zutswert and wounded his right hand, which provoked Brother Ilenricus to run Jesbuto through with a lance. But Jesbuto, realizing that the straits of death threatened him, and not being able to turn himself around — yet striking backward when he did — cut off a finger of the said Brother Henry with his sword.
Read the original Latin
Eodem tempore frater Meneko magister necdum saciatus incommodo Lethowinorum, cum centum fratribus et magna potencia equitum territoria GeCR0N1CA TERRE PRUSSIE. PARS III. sovie et Pastovie hostiliter est ingressus, maximo incendio devastanclo; paucos homines cepit et interfecit et predam modicam rapuit. In recessu sequuti fuerunt Lethowini et sepius invaserunt fratres. In hac pugna Jesbuto, qui ante fuit amicus nunc hostis, irruit in fratrem Henricum Zutswert et ejus dextrarium vulneravit, de quo frater Ilenricus commotus ipsum lancea perforavit. Sed Jesbuto senciens sibi mortis angustias imminere, non valens se vertere, sed retro percuciens, cum gladio dicti fratris Henrici digitum amputavit.
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