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IT was not longe after that Brenne ca∣me agayne with a grete nauy / & sent to his brother Belin / that he shold yeld ayen his londe to his wyfe and his folke / and his castel¦les also. Or elles he wolde destroye his londe. ¶Belin dradde noo thyng his malyce / & wol¦de
no thynge do after that he hadde sayd. wher¦fore Brenne came with his folke and foughte with Beline. And then Brenne was discomfy¦ted and his folke slayne / & hym self fledde wi••h .xii. men in to Fraunce. And this Belin that was Brenne brother wente thenue to. yorke / and toke coūseyll what he shold do with kyng Gutlagh. For kynge Gutlagh proferde to be∣come his man / & for to holde his londe fo him yeldynge yerely .M.li. of syluer for euermore / and for surenesse of this couenaut to be kepte Gutlagh sho••de brynge hym good hostage / & to hym sholde doo homage & his folke / & yet he sholde swere vpon a booke yt it sholde neuer be broke ne fayled. Belin tho by counseyll of his folke graūted him his axenge / & so Gutlagh be came his mā & Belin vndertoke of him his ho¦mage by an othe & by wrytynge the same coue¦naūtes. And vpō these couenaūtes kyng Gut¦lagh toke Samie & his folke & wente thens / & torned ayen to Denmak. Euer more after we¦re the couenaūtes holden & the treuage payed tyll the tyme that Honelus was kyng of Den¦marke & also of his lond thorugh his wyf Gil¦debu••h that he had spoused for she was ryghe heyre of his londe. ¶This Belin dwelled tho in peas / & worshyp fully hym helde amōge his barons / and he made foure ryall wayes / one from the eest in to the weest & that was called watlynge strete / and an other frome the north vnto the south / and that is callen Ikelme stre¦te. And two other wayes he made in bossynge thrugh out ye lōde that one is called fosse & that other Fosse dyke. And he mayntened well the good lawes that Donebant his fader had ma∣de. & ordeyned in his tyme / as befor is sayde.