As the Turks in their civil wars look upon the first victory as a decision of heaven in favor of the victor, so the inhabitants of Germany in their private quarrels considered the event of a combat as a decree of Providence, ever attentive to punish the criminal or the usurper.
Gaur egun turkiarrek, beren gerra zibiletan, lehen garaipena Jainkoaren epaitzat hartzen duten bezala, halaxe germaniar herriek ere, beren arazo partikularretan, Probidentziaren dekretu gisa hartzen zuten borroka, hura delitugilea edo usurpatzailea zigortzeko beti erne zegoelakoan.