VOrtimere pursued the Saxons, and by his martiall knight∣hoode* 1.1 fought against them foure battailes, besides diuers skirmishes, vntill at length he was poysoned by the meanes of Rowa••he his stepmother, after he had raigned vj. yeares.
The first battel, Hēgest & Horse fought with Wirtigerre (or* 1.2 Vortimer as others haue) was in a place called Aeglestrop, & notwithstanding that Horse was slayne in this battell, yet Hengest caried away ye victorie. The second battell Hengest & Eske fought with ye Britaines, in a place called Crecanford. Of the Britaines many perished by the sword, the rest of thē aban∣doned Kent altogither, and with great feare fled vnto London.
The third battell Hengest & Eske fought with the Britans néere vnto a place called Weppedes fleete, that is to say, ye Fleete of Wepped, where they slew xij. Dukes or Captaynes of the Britaines, with many other, where as on the part of y• Saxons, there was one only man slaine, whose name was Wepped.
The fourth battell was fought by Hengest & Eske against the Britaines, who obtaining the victory gote an innumerable spoile, in whiche battell the Britaines fledde from the Angles.