De morte plurium peregrinorum.
The Fall of the Count of Barby in Sambia
The count of Barby invades Sambia with a great force but is ambushed and grievously wounded by the Sambians on the feast of St. Agnes, and his company is scattered, captured, or slain.
That same year, the count of Barby came to Prussia with a large military force and entered the land of Sambia. After his ravaging, the Sambians gathered and attacked him on the feast of the blessed virgin Agnes, and wounding him severely, some turned to flight, while others were captured or killed.1
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Eodem anno comes de Barbige'4 venit Prussiamf cum multa milicia, et intrayit terram Sambie. Post cujus depopulacionem Sambite congregati invaserunt eum in die beate Agnetis virginis, et vulnerantes ipsum graviter, aliqui in fugam conversi sunt, alii capti vel occisi.
Notes
- 1 ↩cujus (whose) — the antecedent is ambiguous: it could refer to the count's devastation of the land or to the land itself. The translation assumes the count as antecedent, which fits the narrative logic.
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