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How kyng Gurmond drofe the kyng Cortyfe to Chichestre. and queld the bretōs & through queȳ∣tise gete the towne Cap. xcv (Book 95)
COrtife the kȳg fley thens in to Chychestre that tho was a goode cyte ād well stronge / & ther helde hȳ xx. dayes. And thys Gurmond besieged it. but the cyte was so stronge: that he might not gete that cite by no maner engyn that he might don̄: Tho bethought they vpō a gre∣te queȳtise for to brenne the tou∣ne: they made engȳs with glewe of nettes & tokē peces of tunder & of fire: & boūde it to the sparwers fete & afterward let hem flee{punctel} and they anone right fley & logged hē in the towne ther that hir nestes were / and instakkes & in euissing of houses. & the fire began to tēde & brent all the towne / And whan the bretons saw that in euery sy∣de they hyed hem owte & faught But anone they were slayne and discōfyted. ād whiles the bataill dured the kyng preuely hyd hȳ & stale awaye in to walles: ād men wyst neuer wher he became: & so was the towne of Chichestre ta∣ken & destroyed And after went Gurmond & destroyed Cytees & townes yt neuer were afterward made ayen as it is seȳ yet in ma∣ny places