| Quotation |
Audientes itaque inter duos famosissimos principes, Capuanum videlicet et Salernitanum, quibusdam controversiis insurgentibus, inimicitias efferbuisse, causa militariter aliquid lucrandi, quia Capuanum viciniorem, via qua venerant, invenierunt, Capuano sese obtulerunt. Ubi aliquantisper commorati, cum multa strenue, remuneratione accepta, peregissent, tenacitate Capuani cognita, illo spreto, ad gagiam Salernitani principis transierunt. A quo decenter suscepti propter militarem laudem, quae jam ipsos per universam Apuliam famosissimos effecerat, et maxime quia ab inimicante sibi principe ad se transierant, multis donariis ad fidelitatem eius inflammati, diversis et crebris incursionibus Capuanos lacessentes, totam provinciam - ac si pestilens calamitas detonaret - terruerunt circumquaque; et Salernitani passim injurias principis ulciscentes, indefessi idem facere addiderunt, in tantumque rebellantes antea principi compescuerunt, ut omnia circumquaque pacata silerent |
| Translation |
They learned that, as a result of various disputes, hostilities had broken out between two very famous princes, those of Capua and Salerno. Since they discovered that on the road by which they came Capua was the nearer of these two places, they took themselves to its prince, ready to fight for hope of gain. They remained there for a short time, accepted his wages, and vigorously carried out their duties. But, realising how stingy the Prince of Capua was, they abandoned him and changed sides to enter the employ of the Prince of Salerno. He received them as was fitting, because their military reputation had already made them extremely well-known throughout Apulia, and particularly since they had deserted the prince his enemy and joined him. Their loyalty to him was encouraged with generous gifts and they wreaked havoc on the Capuans with all sorts of frequent raids, terrorising the whole province as though some dreadful epidemic had broken out. Revenging the injuries suffered by the Prince of Salerno far and wide, they continued to do this indefatigably and so curbed those in rebellion against the prince that all the districts round about were reduced to peace |
