toshakethedustoffhisfeetagainstPrag，anddevotehimselftoconvertingthosePrussianHeathen，who，acrossthefrontiers，werelivinginsuchsavagery，andexpressbondagetotheDevil，worshippingmerestocksandstones。InthisenterprisehewasencouragedbytheChristianpotentateswholaycontiguous；
especiallybytheDukeofPoland，towhomsuchnext—neighbors，forallreasons，wereaneye—sorrow。
Adalbertwent，accordingly，withstaffandscrip，twomonksattendinghim，intothatdangerouscountry:notinfear，he；
adevouthigh—temperedman，vergingnowonfifty，hishairgettinggray，andfacemarredwithinnumerabletroublesandprovocationsofpasttime。Hepreachedzealously，almostfiercely，——thoughchieflywithhiseyesandgestures，Ishouldthink，havingnocommandofthelanguage。AtDantzig，amongtheSwedish—GothkindofHeathen，hehadsomesuccess，oraffluenceofattendance；
notelsewherethatwehearof。InthePillauregion，forexample，wherehenextlanded，anamphibiousHeathenlouthithimheavilyacrosstheshoulderswiththeflatofhisoar；sentthepoorPreachertotheground，faceforemost，andsuddenlyendedhissalutarydiscourseforthattime。However，hepressedforward，regardlessofresults，preachingtheEvangeltoallcreatureswhowerewillingorunwilling；——andpressedatlastintotheSacredCircuit，theROMOVA，orPlaceofOak—trees，andofWoodenorStoneIdols（Bangputtis，Patkullos，andIknownotwhatdiabolicdumbBlocks），whichitwasdeathtoenter。TheHeathenPriests，aswemayconceiveit，rushedout；beckonedhim，withloudunintelligiblebullyingsandfiercegestures，tobegone；