De destructione oppidi Kunigsbergk, siti in monte sancti Nicolai. i°.
The Fall and Relocation of Königsberg
The brothers established a town near the church of Saint Nicholas on the mountain by Königsberg castle, but it was destroyed by a surprise Sambytian attack, prompting its later relocation to a more defensible valley site.
Around the parish church of Saint Nicholas on the mountain near the castle of Königsberg, the brothers established a certain town, and because it was not well fortified, the Sambytians came upon it unexpectedly, and after capturing and killing many men, they completely destroyed it. From there it was later moved into the valley between the Prigora and the castle, to the place where it still stands to this day.1
Read the original Latin
Circa ecclesiam parochialem sancti Nicolai in monte juxta castrum Ku nigsbergk fratres locaverunt quoddam oppidum, et quia non bene fuit firmatum, supervenerunt Sambite improvise, et captis et occisis pluribus hominibus ipsum penitus destruxerunt. Unde postea translatum fuit in vallem inter Prigoram et castrum, in eum locum, in quo usque in diem permanet hodiernum.
Notes
- 1 ↩The antecedent of 'it' (the town/oppidum) is carried over from the previous sentence; the Latin uses an impersonal passive construction (translatum fuit) without an explicit subject.
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