De perdicione equorum fratrum de Raganita, et exustione preurbiorum.
The Scalowitani and the Castle of Raganita
The chapter opens by identifying the Scalowitani and their connection to the castle of Raganita.
of the said castle and of the Scalowitani.
Corrupt and Fragmentary Passages
Two fragmentary or corrupt textual remnants interrupt the narrative flow.
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The Lethowini Raid on Raganita
The Lethowini launch a surprise attack on the island near Raganita, recovering the brothers' horses and cattle.
In the same year, on the Sunday before the Nativity of John the Baptist, the Lethowini secretly— and coming unexpectedly to the island situated near the castle of Raganita, they recovered all the brothers' horses and cattle.
The Burning of Outlying Settlements
In the following autumn, the raiders destroy the outlying settlements of both the castle of Raganita and the Scalowitani.
And afterward, in the next autumn, of either— both of the castle—namely Raganita—and of the Scalowitani, they destroyed the outlying settlements.
Read the original Latin
dicti castri et Scalowitarum. . „ '29,r! Eodem anno dominica ante nativitatem Joannis baptiste, Lethowini occulte 1? et improvise venientes ad insulam, sub Castro Raganita sitam, omnes equos fra trum et pecora receperunt. Et post in autumno proximo utrius. que castri, scilicet Raganite et Scalowitarum suburbia destruxerunt.
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