Ed¦ward.
[ B] ye cā frō fraūce ī to ēglōd & were drifyn bak agayn / also about the .xxi yere of kīg Alurede the danis landyd ī .iiii. {per}t{is} of ēglōd but A∣lurede euer resestid thē & so māly pursewd yē frō place to place yt at ye last he drof thē to north walis / This noble kīg Alurede deuydyd ye nyght & day ī .iii. partes wherof he spē•• .viii. houris in prayer & charytable workis & other .viii. houris with his coū∣cellours or ī study of scyēs & other .viii. houris ī his naturall rest & sustināce which order he kept duly by tapers of war brenīg tryēg ye certeynte of ye tyme except he were let by seknes or other gret īpedimēt{is} ¶Edward sō of Alurede began his reyn ouer the west saxons and the more parte of Englond ye yere. of cryst .ixC. in the ·v. yere of his reyne one clyto Ethelwold kynisman to the kyng rebellyd & excityd ye danis to rise agayns hym but the kyng compelled hym & the danis to 〈◊〉〈◊〉 to fraūce which cā afterward agayn & gaff batteyl to the kyng but Clyto & many of ye danis were slayne & ye rēnāt cōstrenid to seche pease which was to thē grauntyd payeng certeyn money but they anon after brake that couenantis a¦semblyd an other host and gaff batell to the kyng where .ii· of theyre kyngis .ii yerlis and many a .M of the danis that occupied the contrey of norththumberland were slayne sone after etheldredus duke of Marcia dyed after whose deth the kyng commytyd the rule of that contrey to the dukis wyf Elfle∣da which was syster to the kyng / about the .xiii. yere of kyng Edwardis reyn a nauye of danis which ī Aluredis tyme were dryuyn in to fraūce landyd a gayne and spoyled in dyuers placis wherfore ye kīg hym self preparyd toward them by land and send a nother nauye to enconter them vppon the see for fere wherfore those da¦nis voy∣dyd ye lād & fled ī to Ireland / also after yt the britōs enteryd the cōtrey of Breknowe / But [ B]