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Capitulum quartum. Mar., libro 2o.
EDWARD, þe Eldere by his surname, regned after his fader [vader, γ., et infra.] foure and twenty ȝere; he was lowere þan his fader in [y, α.] wor|shippe of lettrure, [letture, γ.] and heyere [hyȝer, α.; heiȝer, β.; heyȝher, γ.; hygher, Cx.] þan he in worldliche [worllych, γ.] ioye and worshippe, for he bulde newe citees and amended [repayred, Cx.] citees þat were [α, α., γ., and Cx.] i-peyred [appayred, β.] and sprad þe endes of his kyngdom wydder [wyddur, γ.] þan dede his fader. He made þe kynges of Scottes and of Combres [Cambers, γ.] and of Walschemen [to, add. β.] ȝelde [ȝulde, γ.] hem to hym. He wan Estsex, Norþhumberlond, and Mercia wiþ strengþe [stryngþe, γ.] out of þe honde [hondes, α., β., γ., and Cx.] of Danes, and hadde all Mercia after þe deth of his suster [soster, γ.] Elfleda. On his firste wyf [Edelstan, Cx.] Egwyna he gat his eldest sone Ethelstan; [Edelstan, Cx.] oon [vurste vyf, γ.] queene Edgiva he gat Edredus and Edwynus and sevene douȝtres; he maried oon [on, β. and γ.] of hem [ham, γ.] to Otho þe emperour, and anoþer to Charles kyng of West Fraunce, and þe þridde to Siththricus [Sihthricus, β.; Sihthiricus, γ.; Sythyrycus, Cx.] duke of Norþhomber|lond.