| Keywords |
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| ID |
4159 |
| Text |
De rebus gestis Rogerii Calabriae et Siciliae comitis et Roberti Guiscardi ducis fratris eius (1075 - 1100) Geoffrey Malaterra |
| Quotation |
Nostri itaque, deditionis falsa pollicitatione delusi, per totam noctem, quasi jam hostes triumphavissent, gloriantes, dum usque in crastinum securius sustinent, Venetiani naves suas, pluribus commeatibus aggregatas, nocturno silentio exonerando levigantes et in summitate mali uniuscuiusque navis solium duorum, vel trium hominum arte componentes, lapidibusque et pilis ad jacendum munientes, sese ad defensionem potius quam ad deditionem aptant. |
| Translation |
Tricked by this false promise, our men spent the night exulting, as though they had really won a victory over the enemy, while the Venetians, left unmolested until the morning, brought ample supplies to their ships, and protected by the silence of the night made repairs. The worst of their deception was that they cunningly took two or three men from each ship and furnished them with stones and javelins to hurl, preparing themselves for further combat rather than surrender. |
| Quotation source |
III, 26 |
| Associated use case(s) |
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| Comment |
Latin descriptors for Venetians: falsa pollicitatione, summitate mali |
