This chapitle declarith the Title of the martirdam of Edmond, the kyng of Est|yngland.
Whan cruel Hyngwar maugre al his myht [Ynguar.]
Constreyned was the feeld to forsake [forsakyn.]
And with his meyne was I-put to flyht,
A dedly hatreed gan in his herte a-wake, [hatrede.]
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Hym to purueie a vengance for-to take;
And heer-upon a werm most serpentyne [here.]
Of fals enuye gan in his herte myne.
His folk disparpiled he gan gadere ageyn, [dys|parpled. gadre.]
To make him strong dide his diligence. [did al his dilligence.]
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Eek of his myscheff whan Vbba herde seyn, [herd.]
With ten thousend kam to his presence. [thousand he cam to. his fehlt.]
Cruel of herte, bothe of oon sentence, [and bothe of o.]
Conspired in haste of froward cursidnesse
By way of vengance kyng Edmond to oppresse. [weye.]
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Tofore Thetforde bothe of oon assent, [And at Th.]
Of marcial pride and pompous fel outrage
Thei heeld a counseil, and therupon han sent [held. counsayl. ha sent.]
Vnto kyng Edmond a surquedous massage,
By them deuysid, contrary of language, [be. devysed. contraryous.]
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Theron concludyng a sentence ful peruerse [proverse (!)]
Vndir these woordis which I shal reherse. [this.]
First in al haste foorth goth the mas|sager [hast.]
Sent by Hyngwar, a ful froward knyht, [By Yngwar sent.]
Malencolius of face, look and cheer, [malencolyous of look, face.]
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Of port despitous and coleryk of syht, [of his sight.]
Doyng no reuerence to maner wiht, [no fehlt nach to.] [Which did no. to no m. w.]
Sauf to the kyng, knelyng, he gan abraide [save. he fehlt.]
In fel language and thus to him he saide: [And in. and vor thus fehlt.]
"The myhti prynce, most victorious
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On lond and se, of power Inuyncible,
Most to be drad, most marcial, most famous, [and nach marcial.]
Notable in conquest, more than it is credible —
Whom to descryue it is an Inpossible: [discryve. it fehlt.]
My lord Hyngwar, as thou shalt vndir|stonde,
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By me of trust sent to the this sonde:
He chargith the and yeueth the counsail [the vor and fehlt. yevith the this c.]
Tobeie his preceptis and therupon tabide,
And the comandith, to thi gret auail, [vnto thyn avayl.]
For thi sauacion afforn to prouyde, [To thy s. for to pr.]
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Al thyng contrary forto sette a-side [con|trarye.]
That shulde rebelle ageyn his hih puis|sance,
And the submytte vnto his ordynance;
This eek his wil that thow, nat maligne [this = this is.]
To disobeie his lustis in no thyng,
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Into his hand thy kyngdam to resigne, [the st. thy.]
To paie a tribut, and vnder him be kyng; [trybute. vndir. to be.]
And eek thow mustest accomplisshe his axyng [thou mustyst. askyng.]
Thi roial tresoures and thi richesses olde [tresours. rychesse.]
With him to parte, of ryht as thou art holde; [parte hem.]
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Ouer al thyng this charge on the he leith [And ovir.]
And the comandith shortly in sentence:
First to forsake of Cristen-dam the feith, [thy feith.]
And, to his goddis that thow do reuerence, [thou doo.]
To offre onto them with franc and with encence. [frankincense Weihrauch.] [vnto hem. with frank and encence.]
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Be weel auysed thow make no delay [wel. thou.]
Al this taccomplisshe, and sey nat onys nay!
