¶How Hubba and Hungar toke the towne of Redynge
SO whan Saynt Edmonde was mar¦tred. Hungar and Hubba yede thens wyth all the Danys vnto Redynge. & as they wente thyderwarde they brente townes and tyees / & slewe all crysten pele yt woldē opnote forsake hod / & caste downe chyrche & came to Redynge & toke the towne & there helde them tyll that the kynge Edelf of westsex came thy∣ther with all his power for to take the townes Tho came out the Danys for to yeue batayll to Edelf / & at that batayll was slayne an erle of the Danys that was called Sidrak. Vpon the morowe came kynge Eldred and hys bro∣ther Alured wyth a stronge power and a grete hoste. And the kynge Edelf came agayne that had foughten the daye before to that bataylle And the Danys tho cam out for to fyght wyth theym / and the bataylle was wonder stronge For many a man was there slayne & the Da∣nys that daye had the vyctorye / & the kyng El¦dred & hys brother Alared that daye were dys∣comfyted. ¶But the fourth daye after warde the Danys & the Englysshe fought tohyder an other tyme vpon Elkedene / & there was slayne a kynge of Denmarke that was called Rafin and foure erles of grete power. And that daye had the Danys shame / for they were dryuen vnto Engilfelde. ¶And the .xv. day after the Danys & the Englysshe men fought an ather tyme at Rafynge & there were the Englysshe∣men dyscomfyted / & from thens a dane yt was called Roynt wente to redynge with his hoste and destroyed all that he myght take. And kin¦ge Eldred faught wyth hym / but he was woū¦ded sore wherfore he deyed / and he regned but .v. yere / and lyeth at womborn.