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(1555) [MARC] [MARC] Author: Olaus Magnus
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LIBER DECIMVS        327


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De præliis palustribus, & ruptis pontibus.


CAP. I.


                                        TOTA Septentrionalis regio fere montosa, ac nemorosa
                                        est(vt superioribus duobus primis libris extitit declaratum )
                                        habetque loca plurima naturaliter tam aquis, quamLoca munita in Aquilone.
                                        rupibus a hostium incursibus præmunita, ita vt contra
                                        equestrem, vel pedestrem exercitum paucorum manu securitatem
                                        inveniat fere vbique optatam: immo & plurimæ. paludesPaludes cœnosæ.
                                        ita inviæ, ac cœnosæ sunt, ac profundæ, quod vix
                                        etiam in algidissima hyeme congelari videantur, vt peditem
                                        sufferant leviter gradientem. Talisque inter cæteras, alioquinPons putridus vel ruptus.
valde voraginosas, locus Rotabro, id est Pons ruptus, appellatus, itinere
horarum duarum a Regia civitate Stocholmensi prædicta distat: de qua civitate cumRotabro.
remotius prædandi causa hostilis exercitus ab exernis inimicis, Germanis, vel Dacis
advectus in terras opulentas exire præsumpserit, illico mediis sylvis incolarum
congregatorum munitionibus, & sagittis retrusus, vnde exierat, revertitur, vel viribus
auctis incolas ipsos cedere cogit in alium, quem poterunt, locum: sicque (quodCertamen propter pontem.
raro accidit ) ad hunc palustrem pontem profugientes, immobiles in quocunque acerrimo
certamine perseverant. Rupto nanque longissimo ponte ligneo, ac stricto, vtroque
latere voraginoso, non est quod hostis vllam inveniat occasionem naturæ vim
inferendi, fortissimis viribus premunitæ. Habita sunt hoc in loco sæpius atrocissimaBella atrocissima.
bella diversorum Principum tempore, prout cantiones patrio rhythmate passim
vsque in hunc diem convivali more exhilaratis vocibus, & jubilo fieri solitæ
attestantur, videlicet quod arte, natura, viribus, & experientia
veteranorum militum, præfectorumque industria,
& fide, parta sit victoria, &
ampliter augmentata.


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