De fralre Wernero magistro generali et terre Prussie.
The Election of Brother Werner
Brother Werner of Orsele was elected master general of the Prussian land in July 1324 at Mergenburgk.
On the sixth day of July, Brother Werner of Orsele, master general of the second land of Prussia, twentieth, was elected in this year — namely 1324 — on the sixth day of the month of July, in the principal house at Mergenburgk, and he presided for years. .
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6 'juii Frater Wernerus de Orsele magister generalis xiin terre Prussie xx hoc anno scilicet mcccxxiv sexta die mensis Julii in domo principali Mergenburgk est electus et prefuit annis. *.
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