De morte fratris Theodorici de Esbech et trium fratrum et plurium.
The Raid on Gartham and the Lethowini
In 1295, five brothers and 150 men from Sambia and Nattangia raided the Lethowini near Memel, killing and capturing many, but lost Brothers Theodoricus of Esbech and a brother from Veringe in the naval battle that followed.
Of the Christians and the unbelievers. In the year of the Lord 1295, on the sixth weekday before Pentecost, five brothers and a hundred and fifty men from Sambia and Nattangia rode on horseback toward the castle of Gartham. As they were approaching, they decided to leave their horses behind and take ship down to Memel, where on the shore, in a certain village of the Lethowini, after many men had been killed and captured and the place had been plundered, they moved on again.12 But the unbelievers, seeing this, met them with armed force. And once a naval battle had been joined, Brother Theodoricus of Esbech and a certain brother called from Veringe fell dead. Of the Lethowini, however, seventy men, valiant in arms, were killed.
The Ambush at Junigeda
The brothers advanced to Junigeda, where their ships were stranded and the unbelievers attacked, killing Brothers Henemannus Kint and List and twenty-five men, while others escaped with the Lord's help.
This done, the brothers advanced again as far as the castle of Junigeda, where, while the ships stood on the sand for lack of water and could not proceed, the unbelievers came upon them and killed Brother Henemannus called Kint, and Brother called List, and twenty-five men. Others, with the Lord's help, escaped.
The Foretelling of Death
Brother Theodoricus of Esbech had foretold his own death to Brother Conrad the Red, refusing his warhorse by saying he would not be seen alive again.
This Brother Theodoricus of Esbech had foretold his own death to Brother Conrad the Red, who wished to lend him his warhorse as he was departing, saying: "It is enough for me on my own horse, because from now on you will not see me alive."
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Cristianorum et infidelium. Anno domini mccxcv feria vi ante cliem pentecostes v fratres et centum quinquaginta viri de Sambia et Nattangia equitaverunt versus castrum Gartham, et dum appropinquarent, placuit eis, ut remissis equis navigio Memelam descenderent, ubi in litore quadam villa Lethowinorum, occisis et captis pluribus hominibus, depredata, iterum processerunt. Sed infideles hoc videntes, armata manu occurrerunt eis. et inito navali bello frater Theodoricus de Esbech et quidam frater dictus de Veringe mortui ceciderunt. De Lethowinis autem lxx viri in armis strenui sunt occisi. Hoc facto fratres iterum processerunt usque circa castrum Junigedam, ubi dum naves propter defectum aquarum stantes in arena procedere non valerent, infideles supervenientes, fratrem Henemannum dictum Kint, et fratrem dictum List, et xxv viros interfecerunt. Alii cooperante domino evaserunt. Iste frater Theodoricus de Esbechb mortem suam predixit fratri Conrado Rufo, qui ei voluit dextrarium suum accommodare, dum recederet, dicens: sufficit mihi in equo meo, quia vivum me a modo non videbis.
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