¶How that Vortyger wente in to walys & beganne there castell yt wolde not stande wyth out morter tempred wyth blood.
AS Engist had departed all the lond in thys maner bytwene hys men: and in lyuerde vortyger out of pryson & suffred hym freely to go whyther that he wolde. And he to∣ke his waye and wente in to walys there that his Brytons dwelled: for as moche as ye londe was stronge & wycked to wynne. And Engyst ••neuer came therene neuer knew it before that londe. ¶Vortiger helde hym there wyth hys Bratons / and axed counseyll what hym was best to do. And they yaue hym counseyll to ma¦ke a stronge castell that hym myghte hymself there in kepe and defende yf nede were. Ma••e sons in haste tho were fette / & began to werke vpon ye hylle of Breigh / but certes thus it be∣fell that all the werke that the masons made a daye downe it felle the nyght / and they wyste not what it myght be. Ther of the kynge was sore anoyed of that chaunce & wyste not what to do. werfore he lette sende after the wysest clerkes & also lerned men than were thorugh out walys that myght be foude / for they shol∣de tell wherfore ye foūdament so fayled vnder the werke / and they sholde hym tell what was best for to doo. And whan these wyse men lon∣ge tyme had studyed they sayde to the kynge / that he sholde doo seke a chylde borne of a wo∣man that neuer had with man to do And that chylde sholde be slayne / and tempred with his blood the morter of the werke. And soo sholde the werke euer endure withouten ende.