De vastacione terre Ungarie et xxx milium Tartarorum interfectione.
The King's Victory over the Tartars
In 1326 the king of Hungary killed thirty thousand Tatar invaders who had ravaged his kingdom.
In the year of our Lord 1326, the king of Hungary killed thirty thousand of the Tatar army, who had laid waste to his kingdom.
The Death of Brother Winricus
Brother Winricus died around 1380.
In the year of our Lord 1380(?), Brother Winricus died.
A Gospel Text and a Decree on the Incarnation
The Gospel declaration that the Word was with God inspired a decree that clerics should daily honor the Incarnation by reading John 1:1 with prescribed prayers and a genuflection at the words 'the Word became flesh.'
From the Gospel: In the beginning was the Word.✦ That same year, Brother Wernerus, master general, decreed at the general chapter that in reverence and honor of the Incarnation of our Lord Jesus Christ, on every day after the high Mass was finished, the clerics should read the Gospel — In the beginning was the Word — together with the versicle 'Show us, O Lord, your mercy,' and the collect 'Almighty and eternal God, direct our acts in your good pleasure.' And while they said, 'And the Word became flesh,' the brothers were to bend their knees all the way to the end of the collect.✦✦✦
Read the original Latin
Anno domini mcccxxvi rex Ungarie de exercitu Tartarorum, qui regnum suum depopulaverant, xxx milia interfecit. [Anno domini mccclxxxh obiit frater Winricuse.] 126 De evangelio: in principio erat verbum. 1 Eodem anno frater Wernerus magister generalis in capitulo generali instituit, ut in reverenciam et honorem incarnacionis domini nostri Jesu Cristi singulis diebus finita summa missa, clerici evangelium: in principio erat verbum, cum versiculo: ostende nobis domine misericordiam tuam, et collecta: omnipotens sempiterne deus dirige actus nostros in beneplacito tuo, legerent, et dum dicerent: et verbum caro factum est, fratres flecterent genua sua usque ad finem collecte.
Scripture echoes
- ↩John.1.1 — In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
- ↩John.1.1 — In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
- ↩John.1.14 — And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld his glory, glory as of the only-begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth.
- ↩Ps.84.8 — They go from strength to strength; each one appears before God in Zion.
Chronicon Terrae Prussiae (Chronicle of the Prussian Land) companion
Keep reading the sources for yourself
The full 428-chapter chronicle — and 78+ other historic works — readable daily in the free Chosen Portion iOS app
The knights kept fixed daily hours of prayer alongside their campaigns; Chosen Portion keeps the fixed daily reading and drops the campaigning.
- The complete chronicle in modern English, in portions under 5 minutes
- Pericope headings that let you navigate 428 chapters by theme
- A daily reading habit that outlasts the 5-week course