De destructione castri Cruceburgk.
The Fall of Cruceburgk
After a three-year siege, the brothers secretly abandon Cruceburgk, only to be pursued and massacred by the Prussians, with only two surviving.
In the same year of our Lord, 1261, the castle Cruceburgk had been besieged by the Nattangians for three years with three siege engines and three bulwarks. After many glorious battles waged there, the brothers, together with their household, withdrew from the castle in secret by night, their provisions having entirely run out. When the Prussians became aware of this, they pursued them and put them all to the sword, except for two brothers.
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Anno domini eodemr, scilicet mcclxhi dum castrum Cruceburgk a Nattangis fuisset tribus annis tribus machinis et tribus propugnaculis obsessum, fratres cum familia sua post multa bella gloriosa ibidem gesta, deficientibus omnino victualibus, secrete, noctis tempore, de Castro recesserunt. Quod cum perciperent Prutheni, sequuti sunt eos, et omnes preter duos fratres in ore gladii oc ciderunt.
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