¶How Hubba and Hungar were slayne atte Chyppenham / and how the Danys brought theyr kynge to our kynge.
ANd the same daye that the Danys de¦parted frome London / soo faste they rode bothe nyghe and daye / and neuer tooke rest of goynge tyll that they came vnto Exces∣tre / and tooke tho the towne / and there helde them. ¶Whan kynge Alured herde these ry∣dynges / anone he lette take the hostages / and wente from thens vnto Excestre wyth all the power that he hadde / And whan the Danys herde telle of hys comynge / they wente frome thens unto westsix / and came vnto Chyppen¦ham / and there they dyde moche harme in the countree / they robbed folke / and brough the∣ym in pryson. The kynge Alured them purse¦wed & came vpon them ryght soone & fyersely theym assayled. And there were slayne bothe Hubba and Hūgar his broder / & Buerne Bo¦cader. And in this bataylle were moche folke slayne in that one & in that other. But the gre•• of that felde bode with the Danys / for as mo¦che as the kyng came with fewe folke. ¶The kynge hasted hym as moche as he myghte for to goo agayne. And whan the Danys founde Hubbaes body lyeng deed they buryed it / and layd vpon it a grete logge / and lete calle it Hu¦beslowe / and soo it is called vnto thys daye. And that place is in Deuenshyre. The Ba∣rons of Somerset· wyltshyre and dorset her¦de tell how that theyr kyng was dyscomfyted and ordeyned all the power that they myghte haue and came to the kyng there he was / and thanked god that they hym yet founde alyue / for they had wende that ye Danys hadde hym slayne. Tho toke they a counseyll the kynge & his barōs / that wolde go and seke the Danys with them for to fyght. And so they rode all & nyght theim for to seke and came on the moro¦we aboute Pryme to Abyndon there that the Danys were. The kyng Alured & his barons to assembled & there assaylled the Danys eger¦ly / & there yaue them a stonge batayll. And the Danys put them a longe tyme that noo man wyst whether parte more people were slayne. But thys it befell as god wolde that the kyng Alured had the victory with moche honoure. For the Danys were soo dryuen that ne wyst whyther for to torne. And .xv. dayes the ••yng them pursewed at his wyll / that gladly & ••ay∣ne they were for to speke of peas and accorde / and toke hym good hostage / & sayd they wolde neuer more vpon hym warre ne no debate a∣rere. ¶And more ouer they behyght vnto the kyng Alured / that they wolde go & b••ynhe the¦yr owne kynge vnto hym and that theyr kyn∣ge & they all shold be baptysed. And vpon this condycyon kynge Alured graunte them lyf & lymme. And sayd vnto theym / that they shol∣de gone theyr kyng for to seke / & at a certayne daye to come ayen yt to theym was sette. And so they wente forth fast & came ayen at a daye that to them was assygned· And all ye Danys brought theyr kynge with them. ¶The kyng Alured anone lette them ••e baptysed / & theyr names chaunged. And soo the kynge of Den∣mark was called Athelstone And .xxx. of his fe¦lowes names were chaunged also / and the o∣ther were baptysed to the ryght byleue. ¶And all this was done atte westmestre. And after that kynge Alured helde wyth hym kynge A∣thelstone and all hys Danys .xii dayes at so¦iourne with moche solempnyte / and yaue th••̄