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 journey untill hee came unto Massovia. But all the 

 Knightes joye was turned into sorrowe, after they had 

 lost so great an enemie. The twentieth grand Master 

 was Conradus Zolner of Rotenstein. The one and twen- 

 tieth Conradus Walenrod. The two and twentieth This man sent 

 Conradus a Jungingen, who deceased in the yeere one a f n £?\ as !jfi 

 thousand foure hundreth and seven. The three and secon 4, 

 twentieth Ulricus a Jungingen. This man dyed in battell 

 in the yeere one thousand foure hundreth and tenne : 

 which battell was fought against Vladislaus Father of 

 Casimire. Both partes had levied mightie and huge 

 forces : unto the Polonians the Lithuanians and the 

 Tartars had joyned themselves, over whome one Vitol- 

 dus was captaine : the Dutch Knights had taken up 

 Souldiers out of all Germanic And when eache armie 

 had encamped themselves one within twentie furlongs 

 of another, (hoping for victorie and impatient of delay) 

 the great Master of the Prussians sent an Herault to 

 denounce warre unto the King, and immediately (alarme 

 beeing given) it is reported that there were in both 

 armies fourtie thousand horsemen in a readinesse. Vladis- 

 laus commaunded the Lithuanians and the Tartars to 

 give the first onsette, and placed the Polonians in the 

 rerewarde of the battell : on the contrarie side, the 

 Prussians regarded least of all to reserve any strong 

 troupes behinde, which might rescue such as were wearie, 

 and renewe the fight, if neede shoulde require, but set 

 forwarde the flower and chivalrie of all his Souldiers in 

 the verie forefront of the battell. The charge beeing 

 given certaine unarmed Tartars & Lithuanians were slaine [I. 147.] 

 handsmooth : howbeit the multitude pressed on, neither 

 durst the fearefull Polonians turne their backes, and so 

 a cruell battell was fought upon the heapes of dead 

 carkases. The combate continued a long time, terrible 

 slaughters were committed, and the Lithuanians and 

 Tartars were slaine like sheepe. But when newe and 

 fresh enemies continually issued foorth, the Dutch knights 

 being wearied, began to fight more faintly. Which 



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