At myn vnderstandyng he wild tak no mede
þat was ateynt of wikkednes, his broþer to dede ȝede.
¶ Constantyn of Scotlond, þat I are of spak,
Brak his feaute sone, of treson it is lak, [De falsitate regis Sco|torum.]
& alle folk of Danmark with Constantyn held,
& slouh our Inglish men, wasted toun & feld.
Athelstan herd say, he went to Beuerlay,
& praied to þe bisshop Jon in fertre þer he lay,
þat he wild bede his bone, vntille þe Trinite,
& he suld gyue his kirke franchise & fe,
To haf & to holde als he was kyng leale.
Of him haf þei chartre seled with his seale.
Siþen he went to Durham, & gaf Saynt Cutbert
Londes & liþes, with chartir aperte.
þe bisshop of his gift holdes his fe,
Siþen he went to bataile, Constantyn to fle.
Constantyn he reymed, & did vnto stresse,
& wan þe lond ilk dele, & wasted alle Cathenesse,
& his son ȝolden vnto his ostage.
Siþen he turned to London, & his baronage. [Misio rex Karolus re|gi Athel|stano pro sorore sua Hilda. lege per totum.]
Athelstan in Scotland a selcouth ded he one,
He smote depe at Donbarre, an elne in þe stone.
AT þe feste of our lady þe Assumpcion,
Went þe kyng fro London toward Abindon.
þider out of France fro Charles kyng of fame
[Princeps hujus legationis fuit Adulphus, filius Balde|wini Comitis Flandriæ, ex filia regis Edwardi Ethel|switha Guil. Malmsb. de gestis regum Anglorum, p. 28.] Com þe of Boloyn, Adulphus was his name,
