Ethel¦dredus
[ B] ¶Etheldredus the .iii. son of Ethewoll••hus began to reyne ouer the west saxons and moste parte of Engl••nde the yere of cryst .viiiC.lxiii. in the begīning of his reyn the danys landyd in estangles but they were compellyd to forsake the contrey and from thens saylyd to Northumberland wher Osri∣cus or of bright & Ella kyngis gaue them bateyll but the danys with the help of them of the countrey which were gladder to lyue vnder the danys then vnder the kyng{is} of westesaxons had the vyctory & wan the cyte of yorke and after slew both those kyngis of northumberland & wan the hole countrey and kept it vnto the tyme of kynge Ethelstone Also after this the seyd danys cam in to Marcya or myddyll Englond and wan part therof with the towne of notyngam wherfore the kyng with helpe of Burdredus than kyng of Mercya leyd sege to the towne whereupon the danys by apoyntemente departyd and retornyd agayne to york also after that those danys with a nother newe company that cam from denmarke that met them in the see of which theyr pryncis or leders wer callyd Hunger and hubba saylyd to estangles and ther landyd & slew the good kyng ther callyd Edmond for whom god shewd after many myracles and lyeth now at seynt Edmundisbury / he was furst shot with arowys and after behedyd because he wold not at the request of those danys reny the crysten feyth / after this the seyd danys with theyr shippis landid in Suchsex and cam in to Suthrey and to Redyng with whom the kynge had oftymys warre and sped dyuersly after that a nother prynce of Danis callyd Osryk or os••g callyd kyng of denmark enterid the land with mo danyz but that Osryk was anone slayne but after that the danys made a newe battell besyde Marton agaynste the kyng and had the vyctory where the kyng was woundyd & so what for pensifnes and for malady of his woūd he dyed. [ B]
[ F] poysonyd in his tyme the danys beyng panymis of beleue enterid first the cuntrey of Fraunce spoy∣lyng the cuntrey and sleyng the people and so contynuyd long tyme after
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