Vovit ergo quia si victor existeret, filiam suam Domino sacra virginitate dicandam offerret; simul et duodecim possessiones praediorum ad construenda monasteria donaret: et sic cum paucissimo exercitu se certamini dedit.
Therefore he vowed, that if he had the upper hand of his enemy, he would virginity to the Lord; and would grant twelve estates of bocland withal to the erecting of monasteries: and this being said he prepared himself to battle with a very small army.
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