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1410. 



Vladislaus no sooner perceived, but in all haste hee sends 

 forwarde his mightie and well armed bande of Polonians, 

 who suddenly breaking in renewed the skirmish. The 

 Dutch were not able to withstand the furie of the fresh 

 troupes (great oddes there is betweene the wearied Soul- 

 dier and him that comes in a fresh) insomuch that the 

 knights with their people were constrained to flee. The 

 master of the Order seeing his souldiers give way unto 

 the enemie, gathered a companie together, and withstoode 

 him in the face, howbeit himselfe was slaine for his labour, 

 the flight of his people proved greater and more dis- 

 honourable, neither did the Dutch cease to flee, so long 

 as the Polonian continued the chase. There fell on 

 the Knights partie manie thousands of men, and the 

 Polonians gotte not the victorie without great spoile 

 and damage. This battell was foughten in regard of 

 the bounds of regions in the yeere 1410. All Prussia 

 following the happie successe of the Polonian king 

 (except Marieburg onely) yeelded themselves unto him 

 being Conquerour. Howbeit the Emperour Sigismund 

 taking up the quarell, peace was ordained between the 

 knights and Polonia, and a league concluded, certaine 

 summes of money also were paide unto the Polonian, 

 Prussia was restored unto the knights, neither was the 

 saide order disturbed in the possession of their lands 

 untill the time of Friderick. The 24. Master was 

 Henrie Earle of Plaen. This man being deposed by 

 the Chapter, was 7. yeres holden prisoner at Dantzik. 

 The 25. Master was Michael Kuchenmeister, that is, 

 master of the Cookes of Sternberg. The 26. was 

 Paulus a Russdorff. The 27. Conradus ab Ellerichs- 

 hausen. This man, after divers and sundry conflicts 

 betweene the Dutch knights, and the king of Polonia, 

 concluded a perpetuall league with the saide king. 

 Howbeit the citizens of Dantzig secretely going about 

 to obteyne their freedome, that the foresaide Order 

 might have no dominion over them, made sute unto 

 the Polonian king to be their Protector. This 



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