¶How Brenne and Belin departed bytwe∣ne them the londe after the deth of Donebant ther fader. And of the warre bewixt them.
ANd after that this Donebant was de∣ed / his sones that he had departed the londe bytwene them / as ther fader had ordey∣ned so that Belin his eldest sone had the al the londe of brytayne / from Humber South war¦de. And his brother Brenne had all the londe from Humber vnto Scotlond. ¶But for as moche that Belin had the better parte. Bren∣ne therfore wexed wroth / and wolde haue had more of ye lond / & belin his brother wold graū¦te hym no more / wherfore cōtake & warre aro¦se amonge them two But Brenne the yonger brother had no myght ne strength ayenst Be∣lin / & therfore Brenne rhrugh coūsel of his fol¦ke went from thens in to Norwaeye to ye kyn¦ge Olsynges / & prayed hym of helpe & socour for to conquere all the londe vpon Belin hys brother vpō that couenaūt that he wolde haue his doughter to wyf and the kynge Olsynges hym graunted / And Belin anone as hys brod was gone to Norweye he seased in to his hon∣de all the londe of Northoumberlonde / and to¦ke al the castelles & lete them be arrayed & kep¦te the costes of the see / that Brenne sholde not arryue in noo syde / but that he were taken· ❀ ¶The kynge Olsynges lette assembel a grete hoste / and delyuered hys doughter to Brenne and all the people that he had assembled. And thys damoysell Samie had longe tyme loued a kynge that was called Gutlagh and to hym she tolde all her coūsel / how that Bren̄e sholde her haue / and her lede with hym for euer more and so he sholde lese her but that she myght for sake Brenne. And whan Gutlagh had herde this tydynges / he lay for to aspye Bren̄e with as many shyppes as he myght haue. Soo the two fletes mette togyder and longe tyme they faught / soo that Brennes men tourned ayen were dyscomfyted. And kynge Gutlagh toke Samie & put her in to his shyppe. And Brēne shamefully fledde thens as a man dyscomfy∣ted. And this kyng Gutlagh wold haue gone in to his owene coūtree / but there came vpon hym suche a grete tempest that fyue dayes las∣ted / soo that thorugh that tempest he was dry∣uen in to Brytayne with thre shyppes and no moo / and tho that kepte the costes of the see to¦ke Gutlagh and Samie and all his folke and them presented to Belin And Belin put them in pryson.