He vnderstod þat richard · duc of normandye · [duc] þe Duke β.]
Was mon of gret poer · & of gret seygnorye · [mon] man BCα.]
Vor emme is gode doȝter · he sende ofte is sonde ·
To spouse hire & to make hire · quene of Inglonde · [spouse] spousi α. to make hire] makiȝe α; hir to make δ. In|glonde] Engelond B; engelonde α; Englonde βδ; þis londe C.]
Þat he miȝte þoru þe aliance eny help vndergo · [miȝte . . . help] þoru alyance eny help myte α; þurgh aliaunce eny helpe myȝt β; þrouȝ aliaunce eny helpe myght δ. þe] om. B.] [Hearne page 295]
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To wite him fram hem of denmarch þat dud them such wo · [wite] witiȝe α; kepe β. fram hem of denmarch] wiþ þe deneys α; fram þe Danys β; from þe Deneis δ. dud] dude BCα; dide β; ded δ. them] þys lond Bδ; þis lond Cα; þis londe β. such] so BCα; muche β; om. δ.]
So þat þo hii were at one · þis spousing was ydo · [þo] om. δ. at one] aton B; at on Cα; attone β. þis] þe B. ydo] do δ.]
As in þe ȝer of grace a þousend ȝer & two · [a] o αβ. þousend] þousund C. ȝer] om. B. two] to Cδ.]
& of þe kinges corouning · in þe foure & twenty yere · [corouning] crounynge Bβ; coroument C; crounement α; corono|ment δ. in þe] in BC. twenty] tuentyþe BC; twentiþe α.]
Þo þoȝte þe king þat he adde · of is fon y e lesse fere · [5959-65. Partly defaced in A, and written over in a later (perhaps Selden's) hand. The later writing is marked in italic.] [þat] om. α; þouȝt δ. lesse] lasse BCαδ.]
· Aeldredus · [folio 90b]
& here sprong lo þe uerste more as of hom of nor|mandye · [& here] Þo αδ; Thanne β. sprong] spronge α. as] om. δ.]
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Ware þoru hii come in to þis lond · & abbeþ þe maystrye · [Ware] Whar α. in to] to β. abbeþ] hadde αβ; had δ.]
Vor þe kynge adde bi þis emme · tueie sones ywis · [kynge] in later hand. emme] .M. B. tueie] two γ.] [ij filii.]
Alfred & seint edward · þat at westmunstre yssrined is · [westmunstre] westymustre B; westmystre C. yssrined] om. αβδ]
