S. Editha, sive Chronicon vilodunense im Wiltshire dialekt, aus Ms. Cotton. Faustina B III; hrsg. von C. Horstmann.

[fol. 194] Almyȝty god in trinite, | fader & sone and holy goste, [Auf fol. 194 u. 5 ist oft corrigirt und radirt v. a. H.] Helpe and spede and conselle me, | as þou art god of myȝtus moste, [2) spede aus rede corr.] And ȝeue me grace to brenge | to godde heyndynge, Jhesu, for seint Edus sake, | þys werke, þat y, so vnconnynge, [4) Edus in Edys corr.] Presumpswysly(che) haue vndere-take. [5 u. 8) in lyche ist che ausra∣dirt.] Line 5 For y considere and knowe welle hytte, þat thyngus þat haue ben fer (I)-paste [7) hinter fer sind zwei Buchst. ausradirt, vor past ein Buchst. (I); a. R. steht hertherto.] Leyȝtely(che) slydyth from monny(s) wytte, [8) mōnys in mannys corr. Ms. urspr. whytte, h ist ausradirt.] Bote ȝif þey ben in story (y)-wryton or caste; [9 u. 11) y ist ausradirt.] Wherfore y thenk in story to wryȝte [10) Ms. thenk, e in y corr.] Line 10 Of kingus þat haue (y)-ben herbyfore [11 u. 13) Ms. byfore u. ybore mit n nach r überschr. (byforne, yborne).] Here in Westesexe, to touche a lyte, [12) vor lyte sind zwei Buchst. ausrad. u. ly aufgetragen.] Seyȝthe kynge Egbert(e) was furste y-bore. [13) furste in fyrste corr.] For sump tyme in Westesexe þere was a kinge, [14) in kinge ist i in y corr.] Egberte was þat kynges name, [Cronica Cistrensis.] [15) e in Egberte über Rasur überschr. kynges in kyngys corr.] Line 15 A douȝty knyȝt and of godde gouernynge, And a mon he was of ryȝt godde fame. þys douȝty knyȝt Egbert, Alquimundy (ys) sone, [18) ys ist ausrad. u. an Alquimundy s angehängt.] To þe kyngdome of Westsex was corond kynge [19) Ms. corone? in crownyd corr.] In þe ayȝte hundreth ȝere saue onLine 20 After þat Jhesu of Mary ded sprynge; [21) ded in dyd corr.] And also he was þe twolthe kynge [22) vor also ist after ausgestr.] þat in Westsex cristyndam nome After Kyngylf, þat holy thynge, þat by seynt Byryn crystyn be-come.Line 25

And at Wynchester y-cronyd he was Of Elmestone, þat was bysshoppe þo. & þe thryd ȝere after thoro goddys grace [28) an thoro ist w angehängt.] Seynt Swythyn was I-bore also. [29) Ms. bore in borne corr.] Byfore his tyme in Bretayne þer wereLine 30 Syxe kyngdomus more þen his; Bot foure þis kyng knytte y-fere, As in trewe story wryten hit is. þe kyngdam of Kent he wonne firste, [34) in kyngdam ist a in o corr.] W^t mony a batelle strong and sore,Line 35 And drof owte þe kyng, þat he neuer dirste Chalange þat kyngdam after more; þe kyngdam of þe Marche he wonne also, þis douȝty knyght Egbert þe kynge, And þe kyngdam of Exsex he wonne þerto:Line 40 And hade þuse foure in his gouernynge. And also by-fore his tyme y-wys þis lond was clepyt alle-hole Bretayne, þat now Englond y-clepyt ys For kynge Egberd þat name dede downe layne.Line 45 Fiue moner of pepull here dwellyd þo, [46) dwelt in dwellyd corr.] To wex þe Bretones for hurre synne: Pictis, and Scottys, and Hyrysshe also, And þe Denmarkes come þo first ynne, And þe Saxsones were þo clepud ynne also [50) tilge þo.] Line 50 In kyng Wortynger is tyme, hym to helpe; And so þai deden hym seruice þo, Bot how þay deden after, y nylt not ȝelpe. For afterward þai drevyn þe Brytones houȝt Fro herre owne habitacyone in þis lond hereLine 55 And drevyn hem in-to Walys, w^t-outen douȝte, [56) Ms. hom?] & in-to þis day þay dwelle ȝet þere. From Saxsonye in Almayne þer comen y-wys Thre maner of pepulle of one tonge: Saxones, & Jutys, and Englysshe,Line 60 þat thralles weren here fulle longe. Bot afterward þey weren long lordys and kyngys here [Cronica Cistrensis.] And hadden alle þis hole reme in her gouernaunce, Tylle Wyllyam Bastard, as ȝe ȝet mowe yche day here, Come owt of Normandy in FraunceLine 65 And slow kyng Haralde in þe batelle of Hastynge, And alle his ost he scomfytyd þere also; [67) Ms. ōst = host?] And þo of alle Englonde he was y-cronyd kynge And put þe Saxsones a-ȝeyn in to thraldam & wo. Line 70

Knyȝtes and swyers he made þo bounde,Line 70 þe wyche gentyls and lordys byfore þat were; Dukys and herles he drof owte of þis lond— þey durst not here abyde for fere— And made mony of hom lordes þo þat comen w^t hym fro Normondy,Line 75 And put þe Saxsones aȝeyn in thraldam & wo By-cause of here synne (&) of here foly— For pryde, couetyse and lechery [78) & fehlt im Ms.] God toke opon hem suche vengeaunce þus; And falslyche to for-swere hem þey nere neuer wery—Line 80 Here owne kyng Haralde ȝaffe hom ensampulle of þis.— [81) haralde überschr.] Bot kynge Egberde, of þe wyche I speke to ȝov of ȝere, Vsede no poyntes of suche synnes ny of suche foly: Wherfore he knytte foure kyngdomus y-fere, And gouerned hem welle and fulle monfully.Line 85 Bot when he had brouȝt þo foure kindamus to hepe [f. 195] And won þe cyte of Chester also, He commaundede alle men to clepe Alle his lond Englonde þo, And he commandede his men alsoLine 90 To clepe alle þe Saxsones Englisshemen, [91) Ms. saxson̄s.] And alle þe Britones þat were þere þo To ben y-clepud Wallisshemen. Britones were long I-clepud Cadwallesmen, After Cadwalle þat was hure kynge; [95) hure in there corr.] Line 95 Bot Saxsones clepud hom ȝeyȝthen Walshemen [96) hom in them corr. 96) ȝeyȝthen = sythen.] By-cause of sherte spekynge. [97 u. 105) Engestis in Engistis corr.] And Saxsones were y-clepud Engestis men, Englys and Jutys bothe y-fere, For Hengestis was þe first duke of hemLine 100 And in to þis lond he dede hem lere; For ryȝt as Walshemen token hure name Of Cadwalle þat þo hure kyng wys, Ryȝt so Englisshemen token hure name [104) Ms. token token.] Of here owne duke Hengestis.Line 105 And þus Englonde toke first his name In þe gode kyng Egbertys tyme, Ryȝt as we clepe ȝet þe same And herrafter shulde w^t-ouȝte lyme. [109) w^t ist überschr.] And when kyng Egbert, as I sayde heyre,Line 110 Had set in pese þus alle his lond And scomfidid his enmyes w^t batel & monhode y-fere & made alle þis reme to ben y-clepud alle-hole Englonde,

He satte þo in grete rest and peys: For nomon durst w^t hym werre—Line 115 For he was a mon̄fulle knyȝt w^t-ouȝte leys— His name was knowe bothe neȝe and ferre. For when he had þus foure kyngdamus to-geder satte, He dwelte at Wyltone w^t-ouȝte leys Nyne wynter longe after þatLine 120 In gode rest & in gode peys. [V. 121 ist hinter 120 geschr.] And other-whyle at Wynchester he dwelte also, And eke at Salisbury in þat tour, And in mony other places mo, As a kyng ouȝte of suche honour.Line 125 An holy mon, forsothe, he was, And gret almys he dede for goddes sake; Religyose houses in mony a plase For goddys loue he let þo make. In þe toune of Wyltone let make one [Henricus Crōpe.] Line 130 In þe worshippe of owre lady, By consel of Bysshop Elmestone, þat was bysshop of Wynchester þo, sycurlye, And threttene sustren he sette þere-Inne, To serue þere god bothe nyght and day;Line 135 A Religiose house þey clepte hit þenne; [136) A ist vorgeschr.] Seynt Mary chirche þerto þo laye. For Elburwys loue he made þat place, þat was þe erle of Wyltones wyf by-fore, And kyng Egbertys sustre also he was,Line 140 And þere-inne also hee was y-bore;— Erle Wolstones wyff, forsothe, hee was, Or he toke þe mantelle and þe rynge; And to make a relygiose house of hur owne place, He prayede hur brother Egbert þe kynge.Line 145 Kyng Egbert grauntede hit anone By conselle of Elmestone, as I sayde ȝere. þis ordinaunce was þus y-done Of his regnynge þe threttythe ȝere. þis Religiose house was foundyd þereLine 150 þe threttythe ȝere of his regnynge, And ayȝte hundryd and thretty ȝere After þat Jhesu of Mary dud sprynge. And seuene ȝere lenger ȝet left his lyffe [Henricus Crōpe.] In his remys gouernynge, w^t-ouȝte blame.Line 155 A sone he had by Osyth, his wyffe, [156) Black left.] Atwolf was þat chyldis name.

Bot afterwarde, when he was ded, [158) Ms. dede mit ausrad. e.] At Wynchester was his byryenge, And Atwolf his sone, as I haue red,Line 160 Anone after was made her kynge. þis Atwolf was croned kyng here After þat goddis sone was bore Ayȝte hundreth & ayȝte & thretty ȝere And thre monethus & nyne dayes more.Line 165 Kyng Atwolff was an harlasmon [166) Ms. urspr. man, über a ist o übersch. harlas = harmless.] And loued ryȝt welle to serue god; Forsothe, harme nolde he do none, Bot he wold do meche gode. þis kyng had in hys leuyngeLine 170 Foure sones by hys weddyd wyff— Osburwe he het, þat semely thynge, Children had he nomo in alle his lyffe;— After he was kynge, he wedded hure sone— His owne spencers douȝter he was;Line 175 In Westsex he dwellyd þo alle-one At Wylton in his owne place. [f. 196] For Wyltone was a gode toune þo, And meche pepulle þeder drowe, þe kynge duellud þere meche also,Line 180 For plentythe of vitel þere was y-nowe. [181) Bl. plentyche.] Hit was meche þe better for his sake, For he was a fulle honest mone; Chirches and Abbays he ded do make W^t-inne his reme mony one.Line 185 And to holy chirche þis kyng ȝaff þan þe tenthe part of his lond, By conselle of seynt Swythan, þat þo was bysshop of Wynchester, I vnderstonde. þe religiouse house of Wyltone he encreset alsoLine 190 þe whiche his fader had I-made byfore, And mo religiouse wymen he sette þerto, & ȝaff londes and rentes welle more. For men of holy chirche he loued fulle welle And gret chere to hem euer he made;Line 195 And also, w^t seynt Elmistone when he dede dwelle, Ordour of sodekyn forsothe he hade— For a mone of holychirche he wolde haue be, Bot þe reme nold not consent þerto, [Cronica Cistrensis.] For þere was non other heyre bot he—Line 200 For kynge Egberde had sones no mo.

Wherfore afterwarde he went to Rome To Leo, þat was pope þere þanne, To be assoyled of þat by his dome— For þat was þe conselle of seynt Swythanne—Line 205 And w^t hym he toke Alured his sone, þat ȝongest was of hem alle, And a twolmon̄the at Rome he dud wone— þe pope Leo men dede þo calle. He graunted also þo to pay to RomeLine 210 Euery ȝere a peny y-wys Of yche an house in his kyngdom— þat »Peter pounse« y-clepud ȝet is. For byfore his tyme þe lawe was suche: þat, what mon had don ony opone horribulle synne,Line 215 As smytten his fader or mone of holy chyrche, To þe pope he most go, his pardone to wynne; I-fedryd to-gedere þey most þedur go, Ryȝt as thewys gone to þe galowe-tre. Kynge Athwolffe sawe hem oft so do,Line 220 And had of hem ryȝt gret pete. þo he gate to Englond suche a priuilage þat non Englysshemone shulde go more þeder in suche a manere; He granted þo to þe Pope Leo suche a talage: Offe euery howse in his kyndam a peny by ȝere.Line 225 Bot quen he had dwelled þere alle þat ȝere, Home thoro Fraunce he come y-wys. Kyng Charlys douȝter he weddede þo þere, And in to Englonde w^t hure y-comen he ys. [229) Bl. come, Ms. comē.] He regned here two & twenty wyntre,Line 230 In grete worship and in gret prosperite; He dyed and byreyd was at Wynchester. Of þis plase byfore y-sayde þe secund founder was he. Athelbalde his sone was mad kyng þo; He regned here bot on ȝere, yche vnderstonde. [Athelbaldus.] Line 235 His owne stepmoder was wedded hym to, Aȝeyns þe lawes of þis londe: He wedded Judyth, þat was his fader wyffe. [Cronica Cistrensis.] Wherfore alle thyng felle to hym a-mys; He dyede for vengaunce of his synnefulle lyffe,Line 240 And at Shirburne y-buryed he ys. And þen was Ethelbryt y-croned hure kynge [Ethelbriȝtus.] [242) hure st. here.] Of alle Westsexus londe, þe whyche was in his brother leuynge Kyng of Kent, as I vnderstonde;Line 245 And regned after hym fyue ȝere ryȝt, And had Westsex and Kent bothe yn fee; And dyed þo thoro goddys myȝt, And at Wymburne y-buryed was he. Line 250

Bot when Ethelbryȝt was þus forthe past,Line 250 Hys brother Etheldrede was y-croned þo kynge. [Etheldredus.] Anone after þat in gret hast Gret grace he hade thoro gode leuynge— For an holy mon, forsothe, he was And loued fulle welle goddys seruyse;Line 255 Euery day he wold here a masse, As sone as he ded vp ryse;— Wherfore hit fel hym oft by grace To haue of god what þat he bedde. In experience hit felle by caseLine 260 At Asshedone, wase hath þe story redde: For at Asshedone a tyme hit felle by case þat Osegys, þat kyng of Denmarke was þo, Come to Asshedone w^t grete manasse, W^t other lordys mony on mo.Line 265 Bot kyng Etheldrede was þere redy y-wys, W^t Alured, his brother, and other mo, Forto aȝeyn-stonde alle his malys And to kepe þat countre fro hem also. Herlyche in þe moretyde forsothe hit was [f. 197] Line 270 þat þis batel shuld þere ydo be. Bot Etheldred went to chyrche a gode pas, To here a masse þere of þe Trynite. Bot þat whyle þe Danys in þe feld chesen hure place Ryȝt at hure owne wylle;Line 275 Bot kyng Etheldred a-bode and herd his masse And made his prayers knelyng fulle stylle. Bote Alured his brother was in þe felde Monfullyche w^t alle his men, Wel arayed w^t spere and shelde;Line 280 þe mynstrals blwe hure trompus þen. þus men bygonne & scarmysshute fast, þe twey hostes bothe y-fere. þe Englysshemen þey woxe a-gast And bygunne to falle alle hure chere.Line 285 þe Englysshe lordys lokedone after hure kyng And speke and prayden hym come to hem anone. Bot he nold not þen for no-thynge, [288) Ms. loke don̄.] Tyl alle þe masse were fully done. Bot when þe masse was alle y-dee,Line 290 Kyng Etheldrede heyȝede hym fulle fast; þe Englysshemen by-gonne to fle, [292) Ms. dee, Bl. doe.] For þey were fulle sore a-gast.

þe kyng toke þo to hym his horse, And in þe trinites holy nameLine 295 He hym blessed and mad a crosse, And bad his men to do þe same; He prekede in to þe felde þo fulle snelle Amon̄g þe Denmerkys so kene, And alle þat he met adon̄ he felle, [300) Ms. adon̄ oder adoū?] Line 300 And slowe hem alle by-dene. þe Dane kyng he slowe y-wys, And alle his lordys þat were þere. And þus þe victory was his, þorowe help of þe trinite & of þe masse þat he dud here.—Line 305 By whyche ensawmpulle I may welle see [306) I st. ȝe.] How gracyose hit is a masse to here, And nomlyche of þe trinite, To euery worthy kyng or bachelere.— Bot þen sone after dyed þis kyngLine 310 Etheldrede, þat was þe elder brothere, þe ayȝthe ȝere of his regnynge. Alured was heyre þo—þere nasse non othere.— [Rex Alrudus.] Bot nowe y chulle ȝow telle by goddys grace For whom ȝe ben y-holde to preyȝe foreLine 315 And who were first funders of þat place Of þe whyche y spake of byfore. In þe ayȝte hundreth after þe incarnacyone hit felle by case þat Ethelmunde, þat of þe Marche þo was kynge, Come in to Westsex w^t gret manasse,Line 320 To make þe erle of Wylteshyre his vnderlynge. Bot Wolstone, þat was erle of Wylteshyre þoo, Aȝeynestode hym w^t gret stren̄the and mayne, W^t mony a mon of Wylteshyre mo, And drof hym to his lond aȝayne.Line 325 Bot in þat batelle was slawe y-wys Alquimundy, þat holy mone,— Erle Wolstonus wyffus fader he wys. [328) fader übergeschr.] For hym he made gret soro and mone, And for his soule a chyrche lette makeLine 330 In Wyltone fast by his owne place, To syng and red for his sowle sake; þat a collage y-clepud þo hit wasse. Bot in þe honour of owre lady Hit had ben foundyd ferre byfore,Line 335 Bot thorow strong werre, securlye, Hit was almost clene forlore. And so for seynt Alquimoundyes loue hit was fyrst y-made Off Walstone, þat was erle of Wylteshyre þo. And afterwarde for Elburwys loue, as y ere sayde,Line 340 Kyng Egberde made þe religyose house þerto.

And so erle Walstone was furst founder of þat chirche For seynt Alquimoundyes loue ywys, [Henricus Crōpe.] And Elburwe þat religyose house let after whirche, And so þe fyrst founder þerof he was,—Line 345 By consent of Egberde þe kynge, þat was hure owne brother; & so he was furst cause of þat house makynge— He preyde hym so feyre, he myȝt non other, Bot grauntede for (to) be hure patroneLine 350 And mayntenere of þat place. And Elburwe hure-self dede þer-inne wōne, Sone after þat þe erle ded was. & kyng Egbert ȝaffe bothe londys & rente To þat place and þe chirche, y-wys,Line 355 For his loue þat alle thyng sente; And þus þe furst founder of kynges he ys. [f. 198] And Atwolfe his sone, þat holy mon, Ȝaff londys and rentys þerto, as y sayde ere. And Ethelbalde his son, when he was gone,Line 360 Of kynges was þe thryd founder. And kyng Ethelbryȝte, þat worthy knyȝt, þe fourthe founder he was þerto. And Etheldrede, þat holy wyȝte, Was þe fyuethe founder also.Line 365 Of kyngys founders fynd I no mo Y-wryton in no story y-wys— Bot Wolstone and Elburwe þat weren þo þe first causes off alle þis.— Bot after Etheldrede Alured, his brother, was y-croned kynge,Line 370 þat was þe ȝongust brother of alle, A fulle wysmon, and of fulle gode gouernynge— [Cronica Cistrensis.] Alurde þe gode kynge, men dedon hym calle. For quen he was a ȝonge thynge, To Rome w^t his fader he went,Line 375 And of Leo þe pope was anyntyd kynge— þe gretter grace god hym sent. þis Alrud lyued & regnyd kyng here Nyne and twenty wyntre nyȝe, In grete trauayle and werre y-fere—Line 380 þus Danes weren fulle fals and slyȝe And werreden w^t hym euer fulle fast; Bot he was euer a douȝty knyȝt And ouer-come hem at þe last, þoro þe grace of goddys myȝt.Line 385 An holy mone forsothe was he & seruede god bothe nyȝt and day, For he dipartede hem (in) þree— In what maner y chulle ȝow say. Line 390

Of foure and twenty houres y-wysLine 390 Ȝyf þe nombre be departyd in þre, Eyȝte, eyȝte, and eyȝte hit ys— Counte hit welle and ȝe mowe se. þe first eyȝt houres of þe day He serued god, heuene kynge,Line 395 þe secunde eyȝte houres in reste and play, þe thryd eyȝte houres in his remes gouernynge. Thre waxe-candels he let make þen, Euery candelle y-leyche of weyȝt, In his chapelle forto brenLine 400 Alle þe day and eke þe nyȝt: þuse thre candels weren ordeyned þere Forto depart þe tyme of þree In maner ryȝt as I sayd ere, As þe story telleth welle me.Line 405 Kyng Alured ȝet dude more þen þis: He departed his rentys in two: Hym-selfe þe to halfe and no more ywys, [408)l. to(ke) þe?] þe toþer half in almys-dede was do: To chirches and abbays þat weren poreLine 410 þe ton half þus ȝaffe he, þay to haue hit for euermore In possessyon and in fee. After þe Incarnacyon ayȝte hundreth ȝere fenty and fyue hit was þat kyng Alured was cronyd here kynge,Line 415 For heyre of Westsex non other þere nasse Bot Alured, þat worthy thynge. Bot w^t-inne þe moneth after þis þat Alured kyng of Westsex was made, þe Danys comen to Wyltone y-wys,Line 420 And a grete batelle þere he hade. Bot kyng Alured was redy at Wyltone þo, [422)Ms. þe st. þo.] And Edwarde his sone, þat worthy knyȝt, W^t mony an other douȝty lord mo, þat fouȝte w^t þe Danys w^t alle hure myȝte.Line 425 A gret batelle þat day þere was y-wys, And mony a mone þere þat day was slawe: For þat day felle to eyder part amys, And mony a mon was þat day y-do to (!) dawe. [429) to st. of.] Bot first quen þe pepulle þe sothe herdeLine 430 þat þe Danys to Wyltone y-comen were, For-sothe þey were fulle sore a-drede, And cryeden and wepto alle y-fere; Wymen and children þay cryȝeden fast [Walterus Oxfordiensis.] And prayed god to help hem for his grace—Line 435 For þey weren fulle sore a-gast Bothe of hem-self and of here place.

Bot Edwarde Senior, þat dwelte þere þo, Had a ȝong chylde to douȝter y-wys, þat w^t hure norse was þere also;Line 440 For sothe, w^t hurre hit felle amys: For þat day þat childe was dede, Hurre soule past vp to heuen blysse. Bot as I haue in story oft redde, [f. 199] þe cause of hurre deyth, forsoth, was þis—Line 445 Ryȝt as hit was, y chulle ȝov lere, Ryȝt as þe story doth me telle. Water and herbus were sodone y-fere, To han wasshe þat chyld euery delle; Bot þe norse þat shulde þe chyld haue kepte,Line 450 Herd crye and sorwe on ycha syde: þe chylde in þat water leyge he lette And for-ȝat hit in þat tyde. þis childe nasse bot þre ȝere of age When hit was dede at Wyltone þis,Line 455 Of hurre fadres first mariage, Elflede was hurre name y-wys. And when þis childe was þis þer deyde, Ryȝt gret sorowe was made þerfore; Bot when þey seyȝe non other redde,Line 460 þey thongedone god & mournedone no more, And burydone þat chylde fulle honestly, Bothe erlys & barnesse & ladyes clere, In seynt Maryes chyrche þer fast-by, þere as þe religiose wymmen were.Line 465 Bot alle-þawe þis childe were þis deyed & buryed þere And þat gret batelle at Wyltone y-do, Mony gret batels after þat ȝet þere were Y-don bytwynne Alured & þe Danys mo. Bot in þe fourthe ȝere after hit felle by caseLine 470 þat þey comen to Chypenham and distryȝedo þe contre clene And dystryȝede & brenden vp þe kyngys place, þat þerof nasse þere no-thyng sene. And kyng Alured dwelt in Selwode þo, To haue had þere summe rest, in pore aray;Line 475 Bot twenty men had he w^t hym no mo; By fysshyng and hondynge ȝet leuedone þere þey. Bot sone after hit felle by case In Selwode, in þat wylde countraye, þat kyng Alured fulle heuy wasLine 480 And in a preueye place alle-one he lay, And his men one fysshyng from hym weron gone; Bot in his preyers he knelyd fulle stylle. þo by hym come an olde hore mone And sayde: »syr kyng, rest ȝov wylle! [485) wylle aus welle corr.] Line 485

Syre kynge, he sayde, ychaue ferre gone, Somme meyte ȝem̄e for charyte!« þe kyng loked vpon on (!) þat old mone And sayde: »y thonk god in trynite« [489) Ms. ȝēme = ȝif me.] And lufte vp his hondone two [490) Ms. vpon on; BI. l. nur vpon.] Line 490 And thonked god mekely of his grace þat he wolde fouchesafe to send hym to A nother as pore a mone as he hym-self was, To aske of hym gode þat had nouȝte hym-self to take to, Bot as a pore beyger shulde, askethe, of an noþere.Line 495 þe kyng clepte after his mon þo And sayde: »þowe schalte haue, myn owne brother;« [497) Ms. pore ^a st. a pore (a an falscher Stelle übersch.).] þe kyng sayde: »syre, ȝe shull fayn haue Suche gode as god has ȝeue to me; Y thonke god þat yche ouȝte haueLine 500 For his loue to ȝeue nowe to þe. »Panterere, yche þe prey, quod þe kynge, [502) pantenere = pantler.] Ȝeue þowe somme mete to þis mon, For his loue þat made alle thynge, Let hym not hongry no furre gone!«Line 505 His panterere to a lofe þo ywys [506) Ms. to st. toke.] And brake hit euene an-two, And sayde: »syre, ȝe shulde haue þis, For loues haue y no mo.« þis pore mon toke þis bred, and his leue also,Line 510 And forthe on his way con passe— þey nyste neuer where he was a-go, [Cronica Cistrensis.] Ne of his trodus no sygne þer nasse, Bot sodenlyche he vanysshede a-way— None of hem wyst whoder-warde.Line 515 þe bred þat he reseyued, stylle þere laye, Of þat loffe toke he no parde. þen come þus fysshers home a-swythe And plenteythe of fysshe þey hadden y-nowe; And etone and drongone and made hem blythe.Line 520 þe kyng afterwarde to slepe he hym drowe. Bot when þe kyng was y-fole a-slepe, [522) y-fole = fallen, vgl. 897.] A wonder syȝt hym thoȝt he saye: þat a semely prelet stode at his fete, Lyke to a bysshop in his araye,Line 525 And sayde: »syre kyng, take ȝe gode hede To serue god in ryȝtwysnasse, And pore men loue to clethe & fede And alle men of holy chirche, bothe more and lasse, Line 530

And loue religiose w^t alle ȝoure myght [f. 200] Line 530 And loke þat ȝe done hem encrese: And þowe shalde ouercome þy enmyes anon ryȝt [532) Bl. shalle.] And leue afterwarde in gode rest and pese.« þe kynge askede anone what was his name And what mon and whethen þat he wasse.Line 535 »Cudberth of Dereham, he sayde, ychame þat telle þe nowthe of þis casse. & when þou art in þy prosperite Ryȝt at þyn owne left, Loke þat þowe thenk þen vpone me,Line 540 For þow shalle fynd þat for þe beste. Icham þe pylgrym þat bad þe brede, þat god hath send nowe to þe. Loke þat þow do as ychaue þe rede, And lowe welle god, and he wylle loue þe.Line 545 For he knowyth þy conscyens ryȝt welle And þy gode hert he knoyth also; He wolle þe whyte euery delle, Fulle welle þou myȝt trust þerto.« þe kyng a-woke anone after þis,Line 550 And a gret charge he toke hym vpone: For in a Jogulers lykenesse y-wys He went to aspye what dede his fon. And when þe kynge had aspyet ryȝt welle Ryȝt at his owne plesaunce and leste,Line 555 Hom aȝeyn he come fulle snelle And tolde his mone alle þat he sawe, both most & leste. [557) mone st. mene.] Bot þo come Hampshyre, Wylteshyre, & Somerset to, To help þe kyng in his nede. And anone to here enmyes þey wenton þo,Line 560 And slowe hem & toke hem euery hede. þe kyng of Denmarke ȝolde hym anone þo, And granted cristenmon euer to be; And thretty gret lordys mo Weren ycrystonyd in þe nome of þe trinite.Line 565 Alured toke vp þe kyng from þe fonstone And his godefader by-come ryȝt þore, And clepte þe same Ethelstone þat Gurmunde was y-clepud by-fore; And ȝaffe hym lonndys and rentys y-wys,Line 570 Bothe to hym and to his wyffe. And Alured lyued after in rest and peys þe most part of alle his lyffe. And kyng Alured went to Wylton þo From þe yle of Hethelynge;Line 575 And þe bysshop Swytheline was þere also, For at Wyltone þo was his dwellynge.

þe kyng dyd maken abbeys þo— For to werre he thoghte nomore; At Wyltone he let make one of þo,Line 580 þat honestlyche stont ȝet ryȝt þore; Of his owne maner w^t-ouȝte wene He let þere a nabbay þo make þorow preyer of Egwne þe quene For Elflede, þat chyldys sake.Line 585 And also Edward his sone graunde þerto, By preyour of Elflede, his suster dere, þat was godmoder and aunte also Of Elflede þe chylde þat was ded þere. And Swythelyne, þat was bysshop þo, [Will. Ryualensis.] Line 590 Was made cheffe procutour of þat place; And so he was procutour and gret helper þerto, For a fulle holy mone forsothe he was. In Merche forsothe þe seueneth day At Wyltone þis batelle was þus y-do;Line 595 þe same tyme dyede þat lytille may, þe story tellyth and sayth ryȝt so. In august þe II ȝere after þe twenty day Kyng Alured leyd þe first ston, In þe name of owre lady, þat blest May,Line 600 And of seynt Bartholomey, þat holy mone— For by-twen̄e þe Assumpsyon & his day hit was þe secunde ffery þat þay be-gone to wyrche; And þe kyng was þere þo in þat place And leyd þere þe first stone of þat chyrche.Line 605 After þe Incarnacyon ayȝte hundreth ȝere & foure score ȝere mo & ten þis abbay was fyrst set here By syre Alured þat was kynge then; [f. 201] And after þe bygynnyng of þe first prioryLine 610 Thre score fulle ȝere and thre, þat was fyrst foun̄dyd in kyng Egberdys day For Elburwes loue, his sustre free. And w^t-inne two ȝere þis abbey was wrouȝt And brouȝt to a parfytte hende—Line 615 Bot of þe dedycacyon spake y ryȝt nouȝt, For euery ȝere hit comys in mynde. Bot Radgunde was first sacryd abbas þere, þe erlys douȝter of Wylteshyre, Ethelstone; And þe relygyose wymen þat weron at seynt Mary chirche byforeLine 620 Weren broȝt þeder þo euerychone; And other maydones mony mo also Weron veylled þo in þat abbay: Radgund & twelffe other maydones mo Weron y-weylled þere in on day.Line 625

So þat in þe first bygynnynge Syxe and twenty wemen þere were And hadden þere hurre leuyng, To serue god þere alle y-fere. Bot þen in short tyme after þis [Cronica Cistrensis.] Line 630 Kyng Alured felle in gret age; He send bysshop Swytelyn y-wys In to Yende for hym on pilgremage, And Ethelstone, þat was erle of Wylteshyre þo, To þe courte of Rome was sentLine 635 In pylgremage for þe kyng also— And alle þis he dede in gode entent. Bot quen kyng Alured had regnyd þus here A-bouȝte a thretty long wynter, He was ded and leyde on bere;Line 640 And buryed he was at Wynchester. Bot fyue abbeys he let make Byfore þe tyme þat he was ded: Pollesworth and Whytteby for seynt Modwynus sake, As ychaue ofto in story red:Line 645 In þe whyche dwelt seynt Ede, his aunte, y-wys, Seynt Modewyne & Ede & Osyth y-fere; Bot seynt Ede y-schryned ȝet þere ys— Who so wolle go þedur, may fynde hit þere. And þe abbay of Wyltone he made also.Line 650 And þe abbay of Shaftysbury also made he, And ȝaffe londys & rentys gret won þerto, Bycause of Ethelgore, his douȝter free. þe vniuersyte of Oxenford forsothe he made, As trewe story telleþ wel me;Line 655 For þe abbotys Neotys conselle he had þat vniuersite to make w^t lawys fre. þe abbey of Ethelyngiseie he let make And set þer-inne monchus þo mony y-fere. And þe abbey of Glastynbury, as Bede dothe spake,Line 660 And Elfryde his douȝter made abbas þere.— Bot when alle þis was þus y-wrouȝt And his sowle to heuen y-past, þe crone was to his sone y-brouȝt, And cronede hym kynge in gret hast.Line 665 Bot when his sone was crownede kynge, [Edwardus Senior.] þe wheche was clepte Edward Seniore: þe neynthe hundred ȝere w^t-ouȝte lesynge After þat god of Mary was bore. And regned after Alured, his fader fre,Line 670 Hollyche twenty wynter and fyue; And fourteyn children by wyffus þre Kyng Edwarde had in his lyue.

Towns and abbeys and castels fre Mony one in his lyff he made.Line 675 A douȝty knyȝt forsothe was he And in his lyffe meche worshepe hade. He regned here in prosperite þe ȝerys y-nombred byfore, And atte his day y-sette þo dyede he,Line 780 And to þe abbey of Wynchester his body was bore.— Now haue I tolde ȝow opynly here Who was þe fyrst founder off þis abbay, And why hit was made & in what ȝere, And how Elfled was ded and in what day;Line 685 Now wolly telle ȝow forther-more þe nomes of þe founders euerychon, þat ȝe mowe haue of hem knowynge þe more, In ȝour preyours for hem þe rather to done. Athelstone was Edwardys sone fyrst ybore, [Rex Athelstanus.] Line 690 And of alle Englonde furst kyng he was— And so nasse neuer non hym bifore [f. 202] Seyȝth Hengestys and Orsus come inne by casse. þe thryd founder forsothe he was Of þis newe y-made abbay [695) Bl. nowe.] Line 695 And meche gode he dede to þat place, As in ȝour Mynymentys fynd ȝe may. Sexstene ȝere he regned here kyng; He was a mone of ryȝt gret grace. þe fyrst ȝere of his regnyngeLine 700 Seynt Dunstone also ybore he was. And when he had regnyde here sexstene ȝere, As ichaue redde in trewe story, He was ded and layde one bere, And I-buryed at Malmesbury.Line 705 And after hym was made kyng þo [Rex Edmundus.] Edmund, his halfe-brother, ywys: Seuene ȝere he regnede and nomo, And at Glastonbury y-buryed he is. Twey sones he had in hys lyffe,Line 710 Edwyge and Edgar, his hole brother, By Eluine, his weddede wyffe— þey Regneden eyther after oþer. To Cantyrbury he come by casse: And þere kyng Edmund was ded;Line 715 þe fourteyþ founder forsothe he was, As ychaue in story red.

Edred, his hole brother, was made þo kynge [Rex Edredus.] And regnede fullyche ten ȝere here; For Edwyge nasse bot a ȝonge thynge—Line 720 His age nasnot fullyche seuene ȝere. Bot when ten ȝere weren þus fully paste, Gret sekenesse to hym come þo: And after seynt Dunstone he send in haste, For he was his consyler and his confessor also.Line 725 Seynt Dunstone heyȝede hym fulle faste And ȝyrne to god for hym he bedde. Bot when þe furst dayes Jurney was fulle paste, An angelle hym told þat he was dede; And ryȝt as þat voys come to seynt Dunstone here,Line 730 His horse felle doune to þe grounde And dyede anon þo ryȝt þere, W^t-ouȝt ony stroke, dount or wounde. Seynt Donston full well knewe þo in his thouȝt þat þe kyng was ded y-wys.Line 735 And to Wynchester þo was he brouȝt, And in þe olde abbey y-buryed he ys. Bot when þis kynge was þus forth paste His sowle to god in trynite, Edwygys was made kynge þo in hast [ [Ms. 740 u. 778] Edwyg mit Schleife für ys; a. R. steht rex Edwicus. Bl. Edwyge.] Line 740 In Kyngeston, in þat gode cete. [Rex Edwicus.] And þe furst day of his crownynge In to spousebreche he felle anone,— And suche on he was alle his leuyng, For alle þat seynt Dunstone myȝt done.Line 745 Bot for seynt Dunston spake to hym þeroffe And conselede hym to leue his synfulle lyffe, Ouȝte of his reme he hym droffe In to Fraundrus, w^t soro and stryffe. Abbeys and Monchus he hatede y-wysLine 750 By-cause of seynt Dunstone his lore; þe abbey of Malmesbury he ȝaff his clerkys And sayde Monchus shulde dwelle þere nomore. Bot by-cause of Eluine, his moder dere, þe abbey of Wyltone he dede encresse,Line 755 And so he was þe fyuethe foundere Of þat Abbey w^t-ouȝte lesse: For he confermyde holyche þerto Alle thyng y-ȝeue byfore, And ȝaffe þerto londys and rentys mo,Line 760 By-cause þat his fader was þere ybore.

Bot þen þis kynge dyede after anone: He regned here bot foure ȝere; For god toke vengauns hym vpone For þe synnes þat he dede here;Line 765 He dyede sodanly for his synne, And at Wynchester yburyed he was. Bot seynt Dounstone to prey for hym he nolde neuer blynne, So þat his soule y-dampned nasse. For as sone as he was deyde,Line 770 Seynt Dunston knewe þat by vysyon, And to god for hym so he badde [f. 203] þat his sowle was sauyd from dampnacyone. Bot of þis kyng speke y nomore, For he dyed þus, as y dede say,Line 775 And to Wynchester he was y-bore And buryed in þat olde abbey. Bot when Edwygys was þus ago, Edgar, his brother, was made þo kynge: For alle Englond consentede þerto,Line 780 For he was a vertuose thynge. Sexstene wynter he was olde When he was cronyd kynge, Of seynt Dunstone & seynt Oswolde Atte Bathe ysacryd, w^t-ouȝte lesynge.Line 785 In þe nyenthe houndryd ȝere syxsty saue one After þat goddus sone was ybore, Edgar, þat was Edmundys ȝonge sone, To þe kyndam of Englonde was y-core; And seyth þat ȝere þat kyng Alured layde þe furste stoneLine 790 Of þis newe abbay, þat stonte here ȝet, Foure score ȝere & foure saue one Ben past forthe, seyȝthe þat hit was sette; And seyth Egberde & Elburwe, his suster, y-wys, Bulden vp þat religiose house y-fere,Line 795 Seuene score ȝere & sex hit is, For hit nys neyther furre ne nere. And sexstene wyntre & more he regnyd here, In gret worshep and prosperite, As þe trewe story wolle ȝow lere;Line 800 An holy mon forsothe was he. For when þat chylde was bore y-wys, Seynt Dunstone was at Glastynburry, And þere he herde an angel say ryȝt tys: »Now may Englonde be glad and mery!Line 805 For rest and pese shalle þerinne be By alle þis kyngys tyme y-wys, And holy leuyng in prosperite; God hathe þat childe y-graundyd þis. Line 810

And alle þe tyme þat þy lyffe doth last,Line 810 þe prosperite shalle neuer aslake; Bot quen þy sowle to heuene ys past, Meche soro shalle ben for synne sake.« Yn hys herte he was ful glad [815-822) sind oben a. R. von ähnlicher Hand nebengeschrieben; der erste Vers oben ist abge∣schnitten.] Line 815 & cunselyd þe ȝyng kyng þat he schuld not do amys But loue wel god euer w^t gode herte & sad. Where-fore so hyly encresyd þe kyng yn al godenes And yn so grete prosperite encressyd al-so [819-22 sind eine Wiederholung der folg. Strophe.] And so muche trowþe & pees yn hys tyme was,Line 820 That no mone to oþer wulde mysdo.) So heylyche encresset þis kyng in alle godenesse And in so gret prosperyte he encressed also And so meche pese and trewthe in his tyme wesse, þat nomone to other wold mys-doLine 825 Ny in alle þe tyme of his regnynge Theff ne mycher forsothe þere nasse— [827) ny 1835 nyȝe = nor.] So monfulle he was in his goueryng [828) mycher one who skulks, a thief.] And so fulle of vertu and of grace. And also he was a fulle semely mon,Line 830 þawe he off stature nere not fulle heyȝe,— An hardyour knyȝt nasse now-where non, For in dedus of armys he was fulle slyȝe. A fulle monfulle mon, forsothe, he was, As by an ensampull y may ȝow telle.Line 835 For in a tyme hit felle so by case þat þe kyng of Scotlonde dud w^t hym dwelle. And vpone a day as he myry satte In gret murthes, as y chaue redde, He sayde he meruaylede muche of þatteLine 840 þat kynge Edgar was so mechel adredde Of all men þat dweltone hym aboute, Off kyng or prynce, bothe ferre or nere, And þat euery yle of hym hadden douȝt And þat homagelyche to hym þey dedon so abeyȝe,Line 845 Seyȝt he is of stature so lyte And also so ȝong of age, And þat men þat hadden gret dyspyte, Durston donne to hym none ouȝte-rage. [849) Ms. doun̄?] In maner of scorne þuse wordes he sayde,Line 850 For to him he hadde a preueyȝe enmyȝe And hulte hym nothynge wel a-payde þat so mony kyngys dudon to hym obeyȝe.

Bot kyng Edgar herde sone of þat þat þe kyng of Scotlonde had þus y-sayde:Line 855 Wherfore in to a wode he hym gatte, As þawe he wolde w^t hym han playde. And when he had hym in to þe wode brouȝt, And nomon w^t hem bot þey tweyne y-fere, Kyng Edgar of hym he ȝaffe ryȝt nouȝt,Line 860 þaw he meche þe more mon were, And sayde: »syre kyng, hane here a swerde, þat of stele ryȝt welle y^s made, And a-wowe now þy worde [f. 204] þat þow behynd me has y-sayde! [865) h in has überschrieben.] Line 865 Here ben tweyn, chese þow þe best, For þow schalle fyȝt here, or þowe go; For of vs tweyne þow arte þe mest, Bot loke who ys þe stronger of vs two.« þe kyng of Scotlonde was þo alla-baysshette,Line 870 And felle doune anone to his fotte And mercy mekelyche of hym he ayschette, And sayde: »syre kynge, fyȝt wolly notte, Bot of any worde þat ychaue sayde, Syre Edgar, y preyȝe ȝow forȝeue hit me.«Line 875 »Syre, quod Edgar, y holde me well apayde, Holyche þy askyng I graunte to þe.« And þo þey paston forthe y-fere, þuse kyngus bothe, w^t play and game, And to Edgar he swore ryȝt þereLine 880 þat he nold neuer hym more blame. And also in þe furst ȝere of his regnynge Vpone a day hit fell by case þat Edgar rode ouȝt on his pleyenge In to a forest neyȝt to his place.Line 885 And when he come in to þat forestes syde, A gret lust he had to slepe: And vnder a tre he doune hym leyde. A meruayle sweuene þo con he mete: [889) l. swenene?] Hym thouȝt þat his grebyche lay hym besydeLine 890 As gret w^t whelp as he myȝt go, And þat þe whelpus w^t-in hure body in þat tyde Burke fast at þe kyng & hure also. Hym thoȝt also þat a broke by hym þere ron And þat vpone þe bonke þerof an appultre stodeLine 895 And þat twey fayre appullon crowedone þeron, [896) crowedone grew.] Bot þey folle doune bothe in to þat flode;

Bot when þuse appullon were bothe y-falle [898) Ms. appullen?] In to þat broke þat ron hym bysyde, A voys he herd þere clepe and calleLine 900 And sayde: »wel þe betyde, welle þe betyde!« Also he met þat a lampe so bryȝt Hongede an heyȝe vpone þat tre, þat ȝaff a-bouȝt hym so gret leyȝt þat all þe contrey þe better myȝt se.Line 905 Bot when kynge Edgare had met þis swene And seye hit, hym thouȝt, verely in syȝt, He askede hys moder Eluine þe quene, What þis swene signifye myȝt. »Sone, he sayde, y chulle ȝow telleLine 910 þe significacyon of þis sweuene. þuse whelpus þat burken on þe so snelle W^t-inne hure moder body, by semene And signifyen þat men w^t-ouȝt douȝt þat after þis tyme shulle by bore,Line 915 þat w^t alle hure myȝt wolle be a-bouȝt þat holy chyrche were forlore. Her body signifyeth world, so, sire, þe whelpus signifyen heretycus y-wys, þat wollen w^t alle hure myȝt desireLine 920 To peruert þe lawe, for couetyse; þey wollen desyre w^t all hure myȝt [Cronica Cistrensis.] Alle Religiose folke forto shende, And haue gret how bothe day and nyȝt [924) how care. 915 u.] How þey myȝt best bryng hit to anynde.Line 925 And þy-self, sone, sygnifyeth þis tre, For ȝe shulle bryng forth fruyte of grace. And þus whelpus þat borken thus at þe [928) tilge þat?] And w^t alle her myȝt do þe manasse, For relygiose heylyche ȝe shulle encreseLine 930 In al ȝour reme both ferre and neyȝe; Bot men herafter wyþ-ouȝt leysse Whollen haue þerto fulle gret enuyȝe And couet londys and rentys y-wys þat ȝe shull ȝyff to relygiose place—Line 935 And all þat shalle be for couetys And also for defauuȝte of grace. Bot ryȝt as þus whelpus mow do ȝow no harme Bot only stere ȝow from ȝour rest, Ryȝt so holy chyrche after þat starmeLine 940 Shalle haue þe maystre atte. lest.

And þus tweyȝe appullon, sone, also, þat follen from þis tre so bleyue, [943) Ms. bleyme.] Signifye, my chylde, sones two þat shulle haue in ȝour lyue;Line 945 Bot þe ton shalle for þe toþer dye [f. 205] And a Martyr be y-wys, And regne he shalle in heuene an heyȝc; And þe toþer in vrthe w^t lytyl peys. Bot he þat þis voys spake to þo (!) þis [950) þo st. þe.] Line 950 »Welle þe betyde, welle þe be-tyde«, Shalle regne here and in heuene blys And in þat Joye euer abyde. þe lamp, sone, þat is so bryȝt, Signifyeth a douȝter þat ȝe shall haue,Line 955 þat shall serue god bothe day & nyȝt And clene mayde hure body saue; And ryȝt as þis lampe ȝefth gret lyȝt To euery creature abouȝt hit dwellynge, Ryȝt so shall he ȝeue to euerry weyȝtLine 960 Gret ensampull of gode leuyng.« And when þe quene had þus ysayde And expoundyd þis sweuene ryȝt tys, þe kyng hulte hym well a-payde And mekelyche thongede þe kyng of blys.Line 965 þe kyng lay at Shaftusbury þo, As þe story telleth welle me. Bot to Wynchester he thoȝt to go, Forto vysidete þat contre: And toke his Jerney and forth con pastLine 970 To-warde Wynchester, þat fayre cyte, And come to Wyltone at þe last. And a newe fayre chirche þere sawe he; Bot when he was þere vpone þe doune, þat chirche was lusty in his syȝt;Line 975 He thouȝt he wolde go doun to toune And soiorne þere he thouȝt alle nyȝt. W^t hym he toke a preuey mayneye And to-warde þat chirche full sone he went, For to se þat feyre abbeyLine 980 And offerre þere in gode entent. Bot to þat chirche when he come was, Vp to þe auter he went anone an heyȝe, For þere was made a ryal place In þe worshepe of owre ladyȝe.Line 985

Religiose wymmen þo dweltone þere, [986) Ms. wymnen.] Sacryd maydenys and sustren y-fere, And ȝong maydenys, of boke to lere; þay welcomeden þe kyng w^t ryȝt gret chere. Bot þe kyng couetede þo of hem anoneLine 990 To see hure fayre place w^t-Inne And in to here cloystre w^t hem to gone. Mekelyche þe maydenys grauntede hym þonne [993) Ms. þenne?] & in to here cloystre þey hym brouȝt. & after in to þe fraytre þo come he;Line 995 þus maydenys mekelyche þo hym be-souȝt W^t hem to take þere charyte. [Legenda sce Edithe.] þe kyng was meke and gentyl ywys And grauntede þus maydenys alle hure wylle; And to þe meyte now set he is,Line 1000 And meyte & drynk was brouȝt hym tylle. Bot of hem þat seruede hym at þe borde In þe story ys made no mensyone, Ny of non other I speke no worde Bot of þe mayden þat red þe lessone.Line 1005 For at þe lectron a mayde satte, Wltrud was þat maydonus name, A barones douȝter for sothe was þat & a maydene of ryȝt gode fame; þat mayden red þat lesson þo,Line 1010 Whyle þe kyng was atte mete. þe kyng toke ryȝt gode hed þerto, For hure voys was bothe myelde & swete, An angelys voys hym thouȝt hit was: And loke vp þat mayden vpone,Line 1015 & for alle here veyle he seyȝe here face— A feyrer hym thouȝt he sawe neuer none. And so he thouȝt in his hert þo þat he was a semely thynge; And askede what kynradone he was come fro,Line 1020 And also of here gode gouernynge. »A Barones douȝter, my lorde, was he, þat was a knyȝt of ryȝt gode fame And dwelte here in þis countre, Syre Godwyn was þat knyȝtis name.Line 1025 Here fader ys dede, here moder also, þis mayden here w^t vs dothe dwelle, To serue god here, as we shulle do; Hit is holyche, my lorde, hure wylle. Line 1030

Forsothe y-sacryd he nysnot ȝetLine 1030 . . . . . . . . . . . .

Hier fehlt eine Lage von 12 foll. (c. 980 V.).

(Diese 12 foll. enthielten die Liebe Edgar's u. Wultrud, die Geburt der, Edith, die Busse des Königs u. der Heiligen, Jugend u. Erziehung Editha's.)