Magrave Adalbert II. of Tuscany is captured and brought to Emperor Lampert while hiding in a barn, who imprisons him and some of his men in Pavia.
Perpetrator (Person) :
Lambert, Holy Roman Emperor and King of Italy Origin: Langobardic/Lombardic Gender: Male, Age: adult, Activity: monarch/ruler, Reaction: joking/jesting, Direct Consequence: victory
Ventum denique ad ipsos est, qui huius ductores exercitus erant. Cumque iis non ex multitudine alius, sed rex ipse praeclari huius facinoris nuntius esset, non dico pugnandi, verum fugiendi terror ipse abstulit facultatem. Verum Ildeprandus fuga lapsus Adelbertum intra animalium praesaepe latitantem dereliquit. Qui dum repertus esset atque ante regis praesentiam ductus, eum ilico ita convenit: 'Sibillino spiritu uxorem tuam Bertam prophetasse credimus, quae te scientia sua regem aut asinum facturam promisit. Verum quia regem noluit aut, ut magis credendum est, non potuit, asinum, ne mentiretur, effecit, dum te cum Arcadiae pecuaribus ad praesaepe declinare coegit!' Praeterea hoc cum isto nonnulli capiuntur, vinciuntur, Papiam ducuntur, custodiae mancipantur.
Translation :
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Edition :
Liudprandi Liber Antapodoseos, In: A. Bauer; R. Rau, Quellen zur Geschichte der sächsischen Kaiserzeit (FSGA 8), 5th Ed. Darmstadt 2002, 244-495.
Remark :
context: For the previous attack on the army of Adalbert and Hildebrand, refer to: "Emperor Lambert and a small force kill many of the drunken and sleeping army of Magrave Adalbert II. of Tuscany and Count Hildebrand."
