Martini Cromeri ex nono decimo libro de origine & rebus gestis Polonorum nonnulli loci dubii

[Matthaeus]

Detractarant nonnulli de Russis eam militiam, propterea quod quinae marcae in hastas ex Ludovici regis sanctione sibi non dabantur. Eos rex carcere diuturno coercuit, et bonis multavit.

Does this have to do with auctioneering? What would be a good way to understand the sentence above?

 

[Pacifica]

At first sight it simply seems to mean money for spears, i.e. to buy spears. Is there something in the larger context to suggest otherwise?

 

[Matthaeus]

Hmm id non puto. Ipsa videas...