De fratre Henrico de Plocz magistro terre Prussie.
Henry of Plock, Master of Prussia
Brother Henry of Plock, a Saxon, served as master of Prussia for seventeen years until the master general arrived and appointed him to the rank of great commander.
Brother Henry of Plock, a Saxon, was master of Prussia for seventeen years, up to the arrival of the master general, who then appointed him a great commander.
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Frater Henricus de Ploczkee Saxo, magister Prussie xvn prefuit nr annis 11307— usque ad adventum magistri generalis, qui ipsum tuncg instituit magnum commendatorem.
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