De vastaeione territorii Pastovie.
The Devastation of Pastovie
In 1316, Brother Henry the Marshal led a surprise winter cavalry raid into Pastovie, burning and plundering the territory, capturing five hundred men and killing others.
In the year of our Lord 1316, in wintertime, Brother Henry the Marshal entered the territory of Pastovie by surprise with a great force of cavalry, and laid the whole of it to waste with fire and plunder, capturing five hundred men and killing others.
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nie Anno domini mcccxvi tempore hyemali frater Henricus marscalcus cum magna potencia equitum intravit territorium Pastovie improvise, et ipsum totum vastavit incendio et rapina, captis quingentis hominibus et occisisc.
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