[5] In 1291, as the Komtur of Königsberg, Bertold Brühaven organized and fulfilled a successful raid against the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in the region of Junigeda, which is described by Peter of Dusburg[6] and Nikolaus von Jeroschin in their chronicles: In the year of our Lord 1291 on the Day of our Lady known as Candlemas, Brother Bertold Brühaven, that ever reliable warrior for God, took 1,500 brothers and armed men and set off with them into Lithuania.... [H]e reached the area called Junigeda, which he attacked ferociously, burning and looting it and also killing or taking prisoner approximately 700 heathen men and women.
As Peter of Dusburg[8] and Nikolaus von Jeroschin report, [H]e ... went to the castle at Medraba ... and stormed it relentlessly until he captured it from the control of the enemy, killing or taking prisoner everyone he found there.
As the abovementioned chronicles both by Peter of Dusburg[12] and Nikolaus von Jeroschin go, After long consideration, he decided that poverty and obedience were tolerable, but chastity terrified him, because no-one can ever live chastely unless God makes it possible.
This went on for a full year and yet, as the girl later swore on oath, and as was proved by the physical signs of her virginity, he had not deflowered her or ever treated her immodestly, but had left her as he found her.
God gave Samson great strength, King David holiness, Solomon wisdom, but that was not enough to save them in their day: they were defeated by feminine wiles which made them do evil and laid them low.