Illo nolente ac contradicente, invitum monasterio eruentes duxerunt in certamen, sperantes minus animos militum trepidare, minus praesente duce quondam strenuissimo et eximio posse fugam meditari.
When of his own accord he would not agree thereto, they plucked him by force out of the monastery and brought him against his will unto the field, hoping that the soldiers in the presence of their old most valiant and excellent captain might be less afraid in their hearts and think less upon flight.
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