-
century Magyar region Most
European nations were
praying for mercy: "
Sagittis hungarorum libera nos, Domine" - "Lord save us from the
arrows of Hungarians"...
- much of
Western Europe;
therefore a
common saying at that time was "A
sagittis Hungarorum,
libera nos Domine" (Lord, save us from the
arrows of the Hungarians")...
- they don't have
knowledge of iron." (p. 127)
armatum ...
arcubus putà &
sagittis, machanísque, id est,
ensibus amplis, ligneis, oblongis, vtráque manu agitandis...
- arcū, × × × / × / × × × / × – u – – – u u – u – – Nec venēnātīs | gravidā
sagittīs, / × × / × – u u – – Fusce, pharetrā... /=stressed syllable; ×=unstressed...
-
terror in West
Francia and East Francia; a
prayer from
Modena pleads de
sagittis Hungarorum libera nos,
domine ("From the
arrows of the Hungarians, deliver...
- tribes. It's
attested in the Song of the
Watchmen of
Modena in 924 AD: A
sagittis Hungarorum libera nos Domine! ‘From the
arrows of the Hungarians, O Lord...
-
obsidione Scodrensi, Venice:
Bernardino de Vitalibus, p. 122, ... prae
sagittis infixis cernebantur: adeo, ut
Scodrenses per
integru mensem nullis aliis...
-
castra retulit quae audierat.
Imperator vero de
nocte consurgens iubet sagittis et
aliis machinis ad
pugnam provocare, et
quasi vi
flumen paludemque transcendere...
-
necessary to do" profectō vīdī (starts tr7) "certainly I saw" cōnfīge
sagittīs fūrēs thēsaurēnsiōs (ia6) "pierce with
arrows the
thieves of treasuries"...
