Capitulum quintum.
CONRADUS after Lowys [Lowes, γ.] was i-made prince among þe Al|maignes, [Almayns, β.] but for he was nouȝt emperour in Italy he is nouȝt [nouȝt] wrongly omitted in β.] i-rekened among emperours, noþer he was i-hiȝt wiþ sacrynge and benesouns, [benesons, γ.; ne he is not en|haunced with sacryng and blessynges, Cx.] but he regnede sevene ȝere. In þis [þes, γ.] [yere] [From Cx.] þe empere gan to passe from þe Frensche [Freyns, γ., et infra.] men to þe Almayns, for Lowys þe predecessour of þis myȝte noȝt diffende þe Ro|mayns aȝenst þe Longobardes; þe empere passede from þe Frensche men, and so were tweye emperoures, oon in Almayne and anoþer in Italy, and [anon, α. and β.; unto the fyrst, Cx.] to þe firste Otho, þat was emperour of