THE .CLXVIII. CHAPITER.
EThelbertus the seconde sonne of Adeulph{us} / began his reygn ouer the more partye of Englande, in the yere of our lorde .viii. hundred lvi / & the .xi. yere of Charlis ye Ballid
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EThelbertus the seconde sonne of Adeulph{us} / began his reygn ouer the more partye of Englande, in the yere of our lorde .viii. hundred lvi / & the .xi. yere of Charlis ye Ballid
then kynge of Fraunce. In whose tyme the Danys wyth more streng∣thes entred ye west part of this land / and robbed and spoyled the coūtrey before theym tyll they came to wyn∣chester / & toke the cytye by strength, and dyd therin what they wold. But the kynge made suche prouysyon / that by hym & his dukes they were forcyd to forsake the cytye. And as they yode toward theyr shippes / they were fought wyth, and a great parte of theym slayne and taken.
Of this kynge is nothynge ellys lefte in memory more then before is shewyd / but that he dyed when had reygned after moste wryters .vi. ye∣res / and was buryed at Shyrborne, leuynge after hym none yssu of hys body. wherfore the rule of the lande fell to his brother Etheldrede.