Here is a capitulary, or rather a portion thereof, issued by Charlemagne in 807 under the name de causis diversis (“on various things”):
Chapter 2
“If it shall be necessary to furnish aid against the Saracens of Spain or the Avars, then five of the Saxons shall equip a sixth; and if it shall be necessary to bear aid against the Bohemians two shall equip a third; if, indeed, there is need of defending the native country against the Sorbs, then all shall come together.”
Latin
“Si partibus Hispaniae sive Avariae solatium ferre fuerit necesse praebendi, tunc de Saxonibus quinque sextum praeparare faciant; et si partibus Beheim fuerit necesse solatium ferre, duo tercium praeparent; si vero circa Surabis [or Sorabis] patria defendenda necessitas fuerit, tunc omnes generaliter veniant.”
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