Sed in ipso paschae tempore Nordliudi trans Albim sedentes sedition commota legatos regios, qui tune ad iustitias faciendas apud eos conversabantur, conprehendunt, quosdam ex eis statim trucidantes, ceteros ad redimendum reservant; ex quibus aliqui effugerunt, ceteri redempti sunt.
Translation :
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Edition :
F. Kurze, Annales regni Francorum inde ab a. 741 usque ad a. 829, qui dicuntur Annales Laurissenses maiores et Einhardi (MGH SS rer. Germ., 6), 1895, 1-178.
Remark :
long-term consequence: While some prisoners were killed, others escaped or were ransomed.
Notes :
For the killing of some of the envoys, refer to: "Northmen kill some captured Frankish envoys."
For the following campaign of Charlemagne, refer to: "Charlemagne and his army ravage the lands of the Saxons between Weser and Elbe."
