bataille, þat is i-cleped bellum Punicum, in [and, α., β., and Cx.] Cartaginense [Cartaginensem, Cx.] aȝenst þe Affres, þat beeþ [A caret is placed here in MS. Addit., but no word supplied.] men of Affrica, beeþ [beeþ . . . þey] for this β., γ., and Cx. have: Trevisa: Men of Affrica . . .] i-cleped Affrica, and [and] om. α.] þey [beeþ . . . þey] for this β., γ., and Cx. have: Trevisa: Men of Affrica . . .] beeþ i-cleped Affri, Puny, [Primi, Peni, Punici, Cx.] Peny, Puncy, [Punici, β. and γ.] Punices, and Cartaginenses; þerfore þe bataille þat is aȝenst hem [is cleped bellum Punicum, and [bellum, added here in γ.] Cartaginense also, as it were the bataylle that is ayenst hem that be called] [From β. and Cx.] Puny [Punici, Cx.] Punices, and Cartaginenses. Þanne it foloweþ in þe storie. [Though] [From Cx.; þey, γ.] þe Romaynes hadde i-meoved [moved, Cx.] noon armour [armure, β.; armur, γ.] wiþ oute Italy to fore [byfore, Cx.] þat tyme, noþeles forto knowe certen|liche [certainly, Cx.] þe somme and noumbre of Romayns þey payede a certayn, and were acounted, and i-founde two hondred þow|sand [foure score þowsand twelf þowsand] [From α., β., γ., and Cx.] þre hondred and foure and þritty. Þe batailles cesed nouȝt [never, β.; nevere seþthe, γ.; batayll cessed never sith, Cx.] siþþe þe citee was first i-bulde. And so þe Romayns fyve ȝere continualliche [continually, Cx.] in [and, Cx, wrongly.] Sicilia aȝenst Ieron [Iheron, β., γ., and Cx.] kyng of Sicilia, and aȝenst þe Affris [Affers, Cx.] were victors, and hadde þe maistrie. Þanne þe Romayns ȝaf þe firste bataille in Affrica. Here [Her, Cx.] ledere was Markus [Marcus, Cx.] Regulus, consul of Rome; and first þey took hir schippes, and drenched hem, [drynchede ham, γ.] oþer [ether, Cx.] chased hem and her schippes; and at [atte, β. and Cx.] þe laste he [they, Cx.] took þre dukes of Affrica, and