De inundacione aquarum.
The Great Flood of 1303
In December 1303, a catastrophic flood struck Paris, destroying both bridges entirely and causing widespread damage across the provinces, evoking fears of a second deluge.
5. In December of the year of our Lord 1303, around the Nativity, there was such a great flood of waters that people believed they were about to perish in a deluge. Both bridges at Paris collapsed, so completely that not a trace of them remained, and it caused further damage in other provinces.
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:5. December Anno domini Mccciin circa nativitatem ejus tanta fuit aquarum inundancia, quod homines putabant, se diluvio perituros. Ambo ponles Parisius corruerunt, sic quod nullum ipsorum vestigium remaneret, et plura in aliis provinciis damna fecit.
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