De altercacione duarum viduarum pro uno viro.
The Bishop's Decree for the Desolate City
The bishop of Culm, seeing the city emptied of men after battle, commands widows to marry their servants for the remission of sins and the survival of the faith.
After this battle, when the bishop of Culm saw that the city of Culm was utterly desolate of men — for they had all been killed in the aforementioned battle — he enjoined upon the widows, for the remission of all their sins, that they should take their servants as husbands, so that the cause of the faith might not be entirely endangered in that place.
Two Widows Contend for One Man
Two widows, each sending a maidservant to seize a strong and handsome servant playing dice in the marketplace, become rivals for his hand.
Because of this, two women, while going to church, noticed among the others in the marketplace a certain servant — strong and handsome in appearance, though poorly dressed — playing at dice. One of them quietly told her maidservant to bring him to her house. The other woman, however, realizing this, ordered her maidservant secretly to take him to her lodging and not to let him go until she returned.
A Marriage Sealed Before the Church
The second widow dresses the servant honorably and marries him publicly before the church, leaving the first woman nursing a long resentment.
Once this was done, she dressed him in fine clothes and entered into marriage with him in the presence of the church. The first woman, understanding this, was for a long time ungrateful to the other woman.
The Hidden Nobility of Haitis's Son
The servant, born of Haitis, is revealed as a man of such honor and wisdom that he had no equal in all of Prussia.
This servant was born from Haitis, and he was so honorable and wise that in Prussia he had no equal in virtues.
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Post hunc conflictum dum episcopus Colmensis videret, civitatem Colmen sem desolatam viris, omnes enim occisi fuerunt in conflictu predicto, injunxit viduis in remissionem omnium peccatorum, ut famulos suos ducerent in maritos, ne negocium fidei ibidem omnino periclitaretur. Unde accidit quod due mu lieres, dum ad ecclesiam irent, viderunt inter aliosf in foro ludentes ad talos quendam famulum fortem et pulcrum aspectu, licet non bene vestitum, quarum una secrete dixit ancille sue, ut illum duceret ad domum suams. Alia vero hoc considerans precepit ancille sue occulte, ut eum deduceret adhospicium suum, nec eum dimitteret, quousque reverteretur. Quo facto ipsa eum vestivit honeste, et contraxit cum eo matrimonium in facie ecclesie. Prima mulier, hoc intelli— gens, diu fuit ingrata alteri mulieri. Hic famulus natus fuit de Haitis, et'adeo honestus et sapiens fuit, quod in Prussia parem in virtutibus non habebat.
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