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Essi, non atterriti dalla paura, ma fermi e intrepidi, esortandosi a vicenda, lasciati soltanto pochi anziani venerabili per età e vita a sostegno della chiesa, andarono, con la propria servitù, incontro ai pagani che avanzavano.gli uni e gli altri giunsero contemporaneamente nel luogo presso il Ponte, chiamato Marmoreo.
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After ravaging, setting on fire and ruining the other regions of the land, the evil people of Agareni destroyed them completely and the terrible horde of the impious, whose hands threaten everyone, eviler than any wild beast, still eager of human blood, proceeds furious towards the sacred coenobium of the precious martyr Vincenzo. At that time it was habit of the monks of both the coenobiums, the "Beatissimo Vincenzo" and "Santissimo Benedetto", to visit one another, for charity love. So, someday, when some brethren of the monastery of Cassino had made their way towards the aforesaid coenobium and talking one another about their Order, suddenly the very cruel Saugdan arrived with his followers. After hearing the news, the monks, arrived to a castle near the monastery, quickened their pace and though they were very frightened, they managed to save themselves uninjured. When the God's Slaves of the monastery knew what happened, saw to hide all the Church treasure immediately. They, not frightened but standstill and brave, exhorting one another, leaving only a few elderly monks, venerable for their age and as they dedicated all their life to church, went, with their own slavery, towards the proceeding pagans. Both of them arrived at the same time to the place near the Bridge, called "Marmoreo". In fact, the Arabs looked for a path to reach the monastery. Therefore, once a group stopped on a side and the other one on the other side, a violent battle started, during which many enemies were knocked out. In fact the enemies didn't manage to push their way through the monks crowd, as these ones repelled them away with stones or any arms they found in their hands and as the thick wood and tight cliffs helped them. They don't want to surrender. In fact the brave battle shortened the day more than they both need to resist. The swords are brandished, the lances flung, the thief remains hung on the hard bushes. But why do I defer reporting the cruel crimes did by the vulgar hand of the wicked army? At a certain moment, some slaves of the sacred monastery, tired because of the long battle, (which was going on) as with the divine grace protection the enemies hadn't any possibility to pass and besides the tyrants formations were hardly prostrate, leaving their masters in the battle, departed secretly and went to the Saracen king asking for freedom and saved life, said that they could provide them more advantageous results and a great value victory. Immediately, cheering
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