De preurbiorum combustione castrorum Junigede et Piste.
The Burning of Junigeda and Pista
On the feast of Saint James, Brother Meneko led a great cavalry force against the Lithuanian castles of Junigeda and Pista, and after fierce fighting with casualties on both sides, he burned the suburbs of both strongholds to their foundations.
25. In the same year, on the feast day of the blessed apostle James, Brother Meneko the master — neither conquered by toil nor to be conquered by death, who neither feared delay nor refused to live — having gathered a great force of horsemen, fiercely attacked both Lithuanian castles, namely Junigeda and Pista. And after some on each side had been killed and wounded, since he could do no more, he burned down the suburbs of both castles to their foundations. i
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25. 1juii Eodem anno in die beali Jacobi apostoli frater Meneko magister nec labore victus, nec morte vincendus, qui nec moria timuit, nec vivere recusavit, congregata magna potencia equitum, ambo castra Lethowinorum, scilicet Junigedam et Pistam 1 fortiter impugnavit, et occisis et vulneratis aliquibus utriusque partis, cum amplius agere non posset, suburbia utriusque castri funditus concremavit. i
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