De vastacione terre Carsovie.
The Devastation of Carsovie
Brother Volz of Raganita, upon learning the Carsowites had marched against Memel, sends Brother Hildebrand with eighty men to raid Carsovie, burning the land and taking ninety captives.
Brother Volz, or Volradus, the commander of Raganita, hearing that the Carsowites had set out with an army against the brothers of Memel, ordered Brother Hildebrand of Rebergk to proceed to war against them. He took with him certain brothers and eighty men, entered the aforesaid land of Carsovie, and besides burning and plunder, led away ninety men captive with him.1
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Frater Volz vel Volradus commendator de Raganita, audiens quod Carsowite cum exercitu profecti essent contra fratres de Memela, jussit fratrem Hildebrandum de Rebergk procedere ad bellum contra ipsos, qui assumptis sibi quibusdam fratribus et lxxx viris intravit dictam terram Carsovie, et preter incendium et rapinam deduxit secum ixx homines captivos.
Notes
- 1 ↩The numeral 'ixx' is rendered as 90, following the gloss; the form is unusual and may reflect a scribal convention for 'nonaginta'.
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