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their confederate being disclosed, they had the repulse. 

 And when the knightes had prevailed against them, they 

 laide in pledges, and yet for all that were not afraid to 

 breake their fidelitie. For upon a certaine time, after 

 they had given divers pledges, they slewe two noble 

 knights of the Order, and so by that meanes incensed 

 the principall of the saide order, insomuch that they 

 caused two paire of galloues to be set up besides the 

 castle, & thirtie of the Prussians pledges to be hanged 

 therupon. Which severitie so vexed and provoked the 

 Prussians, that in revenge of the said injury, they renewed 

 bloody and cruel warres, slew many Christians, yea, 

 and put 40. knights with the master of the Order, 

 and the Marshal, unto the edge of the sword. There 

 was at the same instant in Pomerania a Duke called 

 Suandepolcus, professing the Christian faith, but being 

 joyned in league with the Prussians, he indevoured for 

 many yeeres, not onely to expell the knights, but all 

 Christians whatsoever out of the lande of Prussia, in 

 which warre the foresaide knights of the Order suffered 

 many abuses. For they lost almost all their castles, and 

 a great number of themselves also were slaine. This 

 Suandepolcus put in practise many lewde attempts against 

 religion. For albeit he was baptized, he did more mis- 

 chiefe then the very Infidels themselves, untill such time 

 as the knights being assisted by the Princes of Germanie, 

 brought the saide Duke and the Prussians also into such 

 straights, that (maugre their heads) they were constrained 

 to sue for peace. Afterward Swandepolcus lying at the 

 point of death, admonished his sonnes that they should 

 not doe any injurie unto the knights of the order, 

 affirming that himselfe never prospered so long as he 

 urged warre against them. Howbeit his sonnes for a 

 certaine time observed not their fathers counsel, untill 

 at length one of them named Warteslaus, was created 

 one of the Order, and the other called Samborus 

 bestowed by legacie his goods and possessions upon the 

 saide Order, receiving maintenance and exhibition from 



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