De vastacione cujusdam partis Nattangie.
The Devastation of the Natangian Border
The Teutonic commander invades a Natangian border region that had refused peace, laying waste by fire and plunder, killing the local captain Goducke and his sons, and leading away his wife, household, women, and children as captives.
When the same commander had gathered an army with these men from Wohenstorph and with others whom he was able to have, he entered a certain border region of the land of the Natangians, which had recently made peace with others and refused to accept it, and he laid waste to it through plundering and fire. He killed the captain of the said border region, called Goducke, along with his two sons and many others. He led away his wife and her entire household, along with the women and children, together with the rest of the booty.
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Cum hiis viris de Wohenstorph et aliis, quos habere poterat idem commen dator, congregavit exercitum, et intravit quoddam confmium terre Nattangie, quod cum aliis pacem ultimo factam noluit acceptare, et per rapinam et incendrum vastavit. Capilaneum dicti confinii dictum Goducke cum duobus filiis et multis aliis occidit, uxorem ejus et totam familiam cum mulieribus et parvulis cum preda alia deduxit.
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