¶How Mempris slewe his brother Maulyn.
THis Mempris and hys brother Mau∣lyn stroue fast for the londe And Mem¦prin began to regne the .xxxv. yere of Dauyd. And for by cause that he was the eldest sone / he wolde haue had all the londe / and Maulyn wolde not suffre hym so that they toke a daye of loue and accorde· And att this daye Mem∣pris lete kylle his brother thorugh treason and hym self after warde helde the londe. And ano¦ne lete crowne hym kynge and regned. And af¦ter be came soo lyther a man that he destroyed within a whyle alle the men of his londe. And at the laste he be came soo wycked and soo le∣che••nus / that he forsoke hys owne wyfe and vsed the synne of Sodomy. wherfore almygh∣ty god was gretely dysplesed and sore wrothe with hym. And vpon hym toke vengaunce for by cause of his weckednesse. For on a daye as he wente forthe on huntynge in a forest / there he loste alle his men that were wyth hym and wyste not what he sholde doo / and soo he wen∣te vp and downe hym self allone / and cryed af¦ter his men but they were gone. And there ca∣men wulues anone and alle to drewe hym in peces whanne he hadde regned .xxiiii· yere. whan hys people herde that he was soo deed / they made Ioye and myrthe ynough and ano∣ne made Ebrac his sone kynge and he regned with moche honoure.