Here begynneth a shorte and abreue table on the Cronycles ...

¶Of kynge Edgar that regned aboue the kynges of Scotlonde & of walys / and how he•• was begyled thrug the takynge of his wyf.

ANd after this Edwyne regned Edgar hys brother a man that moche loued god and peas / and the ryght of hooly chyrche also. And he was a worthy man / & a grete lord of blood and myghty / and maycened well this londe in peas. And this Edgar was lorde and kynge aboue all the kynge of Scotlonde & of walys / fro the tyme that Arthur was gone / & neuer was sythen kynge of his power. ¶And this Edgar was saynt Edwardes fader. And whan Edgars wyf was deed y^t was saynt Ed¦wardes moder & entryd / he herde speke of the fayrnesse of Estrylde / that was Orgarus dou¦ghter a baron of Deuenshyre that was so fay∣re a woman / that all men dyde speke of her. He called one of hys knyhhtes that he moche loued & trusted vpon & tolde hym. Go•• sayde he to the noble baron Orgarus of Deuenshy∣re / & see yf that hys doughter be fayre as men speke of / & yf it be sothe I wyll haue her vnto my wyfe. ¶This knyght that was called E∣delwolde wente forthe his waye as the kynge hym had sayd / & came there that the lady was And whan he sawe her so fayre / he thought to haue her hymself to wyfe. And therof spake to Grgarus her fader. And her fader was an ol∣de man and no man chyldern but oonly her / & sawe y^t Edelwode was a fayre yonge knyght

with the kyng / & thought his doughter sholde well be maryed & be sette vpon hym / & graun∣ted hym his doughter yf the good lorde y^e kyn∣ge wolde consente therto. ¶And thenne thys Edel wolde came ayen vnto the kynge & colde hym / that she was fayre ynough vpon to see / but she was wonder lothly. ¶Tho answerede the kynge and sayd that he toke but lytell char¦ge. Syr sayd Edelwolde / she is her faders hey¦re / and I am not ryche of londes / & yf ye wol¦de consente and graunte that I myght her ha∣ue / thenne sholde I be ryche ynough. In god∣des name sayde the kynge. I consente therto. Edel wolde tho thanked the kynge ryght mo∣the / & wente ayen in to Deuenshyre & spowsed the damoysell / and in that coūtree he dwelled. ¶And thus it befell vpon a tyme / that he tol∣de his coūseyll & all this thynge vnto his wyf / how & in what maner he had begyled his lord the kynge that wolde haue hadde her to wyfe. And anone as she it wyst / she loued him neuer more after warde as she dyde before. ¶Thys lady conceyued by hym a sone. And whan ty∣me wan that the chylde sholde be borne. Edel∣wolde came to the kynge and prayed hym to haue a sone of his at the fonte stone. The kyn∣ge hym graunted / And lete calle hym Edgar after his owne name. And whan this was do¦ne he thought that alle was syker ynough for the kynge / that he wolde not take hys wyf for as moche as hys lord was a Ioly man and an amerous.