De vastacione territorii Rositen in terra Lyvonie.
Devastation of Rositten
A large army sent by the king entered the territory of Rositten in Livonia on the tenth of December and devastated it by fire and plunder.
! At the same time, the same king sent another very large army against Livonia, which entered the territory called Rössen on December 10 and devastated it by fire and plunder.
Hypocrisy Before Baptism
The king sent these armies to destroy the faithful while papal envoys were still negotiating with him, revealing his false devotion to receiving the Sacrament of Baptism.
The king himself sent these two armies to destroy the faithful, while the envoys of the apostolic legates were still engaged around him in pursuing the said matter. Look at what sort of devotion that seducer had for receiving the Sacrament of Baptism.
Read the original Latin
! Eodem tempore idem rex misit alium exercitum pregrandem versus Lyvoniam, qui x Kalendas Decembris intravit territorium dictum Rositen, et illud depopulavit per incendium et rapinam. IIos duos exercitus misit ipse rex ad destructionem fidelium, dum adhuc nuncii legatorum sedis apostolice in persecucione dicti negocii fuerant circa ipsum. Ecce qualem devocionem seductor iste habuit ad suscipiendum baptismatis sacramentum.
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