King Henry IV. repeatedly attacks any Saxons still not submitted to him, hidden in forests and valleys, and captures many bishops and counts or forces them to flee.
Ipse renitentes nec adhuc sua frena ferentes
Fidentesque fugae non destitit exagitare;
Bello multiplici petit illos semper et acri,
Nunc hac, nunc illac fines invasit eorum;
Ipsis per curvas valles silvasque moratis
Improvisus adest, agitantibus ocia tuta.
Pontifices, comites cepit reliquosque fugavit,
Quaeque relicta prius flammis nunc tradidit atris.
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Edition :
Carmen de bello Saxonico, In: F. Schmale, I. Schmale-Ott, Quellen zur Geschichte Kaiser Heinrichs IV. (FSGA 12), 5th Ed. Darmstadt 2017, 144-189.