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Show Theftatesf-Britaine TheifixeBooke of Bertwolfekingof Mercia tributarie to theWellfaxons,thefame of Modwen an Irifhyirgine,he wasgreatbuilder.ofmona: Sersgeloe hadthegift of healing difeafes, Ethel, bald and Ethelbright diuide their tathers kingdome of Suiler , as ouer the Hentiihmen candy thevlbe Efex. : i aDee rs fhire men gane theentnies battell, ¢ banqiithing Seas, them, flue of thenta great number, Jnthe fife pete panquuthed, of Cthelbrights reigne ; a watite of Danes atritied inthe Zleof Lenet, onto thomagen the entity. fhietit was fill of trouble', he foughtagaintt the Danes nint 10 mMmenbhadpzonrifeda fume of ptonte to hate atruce Gites it ons yere withhappiefcccilechekings of Mercia fall guanted for atime, the Danes onenight, before the fromthcir-feaitic and allegiance toEchelred,Hupgar & Vb= tearmeof that truce was erpired, brake fealty atip _batwoDanilhcapteines With their power liein Faftantwaffed all the caft part of tkent + eherobpon Ge eOsbriche and Ellakings ofNorthumberland M909" flgine of heDanesin bartellthey {et Yorke dsentithmen affembled togither,, made toivarnes to nes con fire,a'commendation ofbithopA+ thofe trucebzeakers, andcanfenthem todrpart out 2 = tubere the bir (elferematnen folitarieacerteine tims in p2ater,anv other bertuouserercifes, Ann (as itis reported) the twentthzice to Rome, and finallie died, eeee a, P57 peere of our Lod 857, tbtch was in the fecond pere _ of the cmperoz 2. elvesthe fecond,¢ the 17 of Qharies farnanied Calunso3 the bald kingof France, and about the firt prereof Donald the fift of that name of theyiy, ‘WilMalm hingof Scots. Lhe faio Cthelbald greatlie tobis res PAO foketo wife his mother. law queene Judith OBLather(as fone weite)bis one mother,thom bis, father badkept as concubine, Welined not pail fine peetes ingouernement of the kingdome, but pas takenont of this life tothe great foxrotw of bis fub: teas ubome beruled right wo2tbilic, anv fo as thep badbim ingreat louc and eftimation. hen bis bro: ther Crhelbzight toke on bumthe vule of the trbole Souermment, as tell quer the Weitfarons & them a | osc . reeg and Halden twoDanith kings with their powers inuade the Wefl[axons , they are inccun- tred by Ethelwulfe earléof Barkeihires King Ethelred,igineth them aud their cheefekindes a fore diftomfiture; what PolydorVirgil recordeth touching one Iusrus king of the Danes, and the warres that E:helred had with chem, his death ; Edmund king of Eaftangles giueth batgell to the Danes,he yeeldeth himfelfe,andfor chriftianreligion ke is Sit Diaight,that bao the gouernementof thofe pacts, gnepotid and placed one Clla in bisrome:botwbett now thep 10 by them moft cruellic murthered, the kingdome ofthe Eaftangles endeth,Guthrun a Dane gouerneth the n@lapla: ‘Wwereconffreined to retioke him home againe , ad hele countric, K, Ofbrightrauifheth the wife capteins cane twiih their armics tito Morkthire, finding the country buproufded of neceMavic defeufc bicanfe of the ciuill Difcord that reigned among, the Porthumbers, the which bad latelte crprled king fought toaccord bimiand Cita. Wuttt was long per that might be brought to pate, nottothfanding pet at length thep tucte madefriends, bp reafon of this inuaffon attempted by forren enimies , and then raifing thetr polvers they came fo Worke, there the Danes,baning watted the countrie even to the r{uer of Line, were lodged. Che Cnglith hot entring the citie,began to fight Sant. ‘Shithout loft theilines at that time,the refiout were iat tonffreined to tale truce with the Danes. Zhis bats of one Bearnea noble man,a bl aodie bat- tell infseth therevpon, wherein Ofbrightand Ellaare flaine. The twelft Chapter. & {2 the veare followin pi be fap; in the 8 Burthred AP vere of Ctpettens reigne, mst Ber Wf be with his bother atures Ey twent to afd Wurthred king ° & cf Mereia, again the tivo F ADA J. jy forefaid Danith capteines a, Cipungarand Wha, the thith og. tell inas fought the 21 dap of March being tn A ent, ete "Ot the Friday before Palmlundap,in the pete 657. ‘Were centred info Mercia, and had tear the totric € Some haue written otherivife of this battcll, for the winter feafort. Cihevebyon the forefaid E> Teporting that the Porthumbers calling home king o thelred and iBurthed twith their potwers came fo wet, Dibzight ( thorne before thep had bantfhep)incounPotingham, and befieged the Danes iwithin if, Danes belies treoinith the Danesinthe fteld,without the tales he Danes perceining themfelues in danger, godine: "xtamt Of Porke ,but they tucre eafilie beaten backe, anp ‘ars, Foase yar Ox monte aoa ercirn ¢ the fame peare , Adelffane bithop of Shireboone Crominen. UPAtted this life , baning gouerned that fee the their forragers.and {uch as ftraten abzoan to rob and dish Wifedaiite, and one that had bozne no fmall Vidovie. Welive that, be oftentimes Lapin toait for folute gouctmment and rule oftheir countries,twith: ian ese out refpea toatvone another, but rather were con: ter aoe 60 tented to fufteine the entmies within their Borin' ons, than to prevent the infurie with outifull efit tance to thofe,tobom bp allegtance thep tere bound to {erue and obrie, Bp reafon bereof, the Danes toithout refiftance TX -- gtelo into greater potner amangtt them,ubilet the Fr" inbabitants tere fill put in feare ead) day mops than other and euerte Late gotten bicozic bp the ent» mits bpthe increafe of pzifoners.iminiftred eccafion of fome other conqueff to folloty,uen aboutthe ber giniting of Cthelreds reigne , there arriued bpon the Cnglih coafts an huge armie of the Danes, ba der the condud of tivo renotomed carteins Pancer pong and Tibba,, men of marucllons fFrength and baliary zibte cic,but bothof them palling cruel! of matere. Xbep madefuite for a truces abittnence from war, bith vingham.-- hated inte the citie, the thic) by the Danes puri they obteitted, motien aeparted backe to 2o2ke, thithe bico2ie , twas fet on fier and burnt, togither iibere they (ofournes tie a0 f part of allthat peare, ihith the Bing ad people that iwere-fled into it for ‘Gn the fect peare of hing Cthelreds teigne, a fuccour. 130tn foencr it cante about, certeine itis, nety armi¢ of creat force and potecr camte into the that the Danes got the vicorie, and_noww.bauing countrie of the CHefffarons bndec ths leaders 92 alkcen ane fhbducdthe Aoxthumbers,aypointed one Cabert to -Rinfgs of the Danes , Waltdea and salven. Zed warren teighte ouct thentas king, bnoer their. protection, o lodgedat Reding with their maine armie,ano with: Shich Cghert reigned in that fort fir peares cucr tnt thee Dates afterthe carle of errockthire Goel Enetwulte. thofe tthich inhabiten beyond the riuer of Line. Fn ‘toulfe fought at Englefielo with thho ecarleg of thofe erle of wark- variable fox tune,vet for the moze part be tvent alvap tuith the lap - feegcth the Danes im Notingham , Baf- {withthe Danes, bp reafon thereoffore battell tn. fpoile the countrie , sham be met withall and ouers threty. There tere daine in bis time nine carles of th an Bland compatted abont iwith the riuer of thofe Danes, andone king, befine other of the wrea Krent called Andzelep,taking that name of a church 50 Met fort withont number, 02 chappell of faint Andzelw, which the bad built in the But bere ts to be onverftod, that in this means fame Jland, and diwelled therein fo the (pace of {ee fine, abilett Cthelren toas buficd in twarre torefit Hen peeves, Pante monatteries the builoed, both the inuaftons of the Danes it the fenth and toett tn Cngland(as partlie abouc is mentionrd) anv alfo parts of this land, the kittgg and rulers of Percia tn Scotiad,as at Striucling,Cdenbzough;sand in and Mozthumberland taking occafion therof organ wings Breland, at Celetline,andelieudere, fo twitbozalw thetr couenanted fubtection from the pee thelbald and Cthelbgight diutding their fathers Wleltfarons,and twke bpon themas it were the ab Garrhumbe Ethelbald feroca betivirt them,beganto reigne, Etbele andEthel batyouce the Wietfarons adthe Southfarons, bright, M0 Cthelbaight ouer them of Rent and Cerin the e Burtliréd king of Mercia' with aid be- Hea {en betivirt thent :but in the endthe tina kings DL ngs of buightand Cilla there Maine, anda great number of it the Mosthumbers, abat iwithin the citie, and that being 1 30 peeves of age, Uit bodie was firft buried . ronditions{paring foatiute to fiyety their force foz qnictnelle fake. ‘ Fu the fccondpare of king Cthelred, the fato of the countric. hefamepere, after thatietyel- bright bad ruled twell ant peaceably the Gaettfarons flue peces;anb the ikentifinnet tenpeeres,be ended The eleventh Chapter. bis life, aud twas buried at Sbtreborne, as his bo 20 ther Cthelbaly was before bin. | ~p Fier Winhtlate king of At Cthelbright tucceded bis baother CthelPercia,one Wertwolfe reige red,and began bis reigne ouer the Weftfarons (e/yned. as tributarie bute the and the mozepart of the Englith peopte, in the pere 6 Wicttlarons, the (pace of 13 of our iLo2d 867,an tr the x 2 peere of the emperone a operes,aboutthe ena of tic Lewes,in the 27 pereof thereigne of Charles Cal: 2,/ tearme be twas chafen out of wus king of France, an abont the 6 pére of Con bis countrie by the Danes, ffantine the fecond king of "Scots. Louching Pod AL 7 and then one Wurthzcd was this Cthelred, be twas intine'of peace a niofF cour madekingof that kingvome, thich martes Ctheb teous prince, and one that-bp all hind of meance Awida the fitter of Cthelivolfe king of Weitfarons. 3° fought to twin the hearts of the people :but abzoad (rs Snthisteafon, one Podwena virgine in Jreland the wares be tuas tharpe ano fterne, as he that br was greatlic renotoused in the tvozln, buto ubome betiod that aperteined to guy order, fo that he the foxenamed hing @thelivolfe fent his fonne ab would fufternenttenfe to efcape pnpunithed. 5p fred to be curedof a difeale, that was thoughtin Lbich meanes he was famous both in peace and curable : but bp bie meanes be recouered health, and {warre:but be netther linen any long tinte int the qo therefore oben hic monafferic twas deftroied in Fre: ‘nernement ; 102 pet twas (uffered to pale the thart land,Podwwen came over into Cngland,bnto som {pace that be reigned tn i> and quictnette, King Ctheltwolfe gaue land to build tivo abbeies, Fo. thereas he reigned notpatt fr peeres.be tuas amballo deliuered bute bir bis iter Coith tobe pro continuallie during that tearme beren twith the te felled. nun.gpodiven berebpon built two monafter 4° wafionof the Danes, and fpeciallic towards the latties, one at Poulefwarth, tofning tothe bounds of fer end , infomc) that.(as hath bene reported Arderne,abercin the placed the forefai Cvith, with of twzfters) be fought tufth thom nine times in one DAKth and Athea: the other, Lbcther it teas a monay pecre;and although twith diuers and eric o; cell,the foundedin Strenthallo2 Lrentfalt, with them of the countrie for truce bpon certeine Zn bis datesthe Danes canth ovlinm,Aooelroid HenHun:. of Hambbire, anv Dube Adeltooife with the warke. ewKObe the hiftorie of England. lap all the winfer'feafanin Gitangle,compounving fhe cific of Windelter : butouke Dirikebith them Winches bevtixethem; Ethelbald marieth his mother, he dseth, Winchefter defiroied by che Danes,they plaied the trucebreakers di h milchitefe iaKenr, Echelbrightdieth ; Ethelred i Weltiaxons;His'commehdable qualities, his regi- deliten,his departure out bfthislifc, anderthe Saxons. 729 ww¥ea (rite of <0 peares. Chis Qoel{fane was a manof Bingdonte of the Citeftfarons, as heres pbeconiecured,that ahen king Cthelteulfe ‘tanita from Rone, he would not fuiter bim to be Danes /banquitheo them, and flucthe one of thote Pile at tarles, thole naire twas Sidic ¢ After thisking with me' Cthelved and hisheother Alured came with a great Dancs, | hott onto iteding , and there qaue batteli onto the armicof Danes, fo that an bugenumberof people viedon both parts, but the Danes had the vfitorie. After this alfo king Cthelred and bis brother Che Danes abirtitted king , becaufe be had bane incertcite 50 Alured fought againe with thofe Danes at Ache PA" the dio Pollits contrarie to the-o2dinances and laibes of the dot, filers thearmits on bothfibes were Diuidcd ding Rnchingdome , aherevpon bp this bihops means into tivo parts, fo that the two Danith kings lean Wasettablinen Ring, aid fo continucd fill bp agrees Ment the hingdone was divided betWwirt them, as the one partof their armie, + certeine of their earles Cthelbato the tonne of the fame bing Ctbcloontte before is mentioned. Finallic, begreatlic inricven lead the offer part. Liketwife onthe Cnglith five bing Cthelren twas placed {with one part of the hot againf the Damfh kings,and Aluted tuith the other the fe of Shirebome , and pet though be twas fers part ivas aypointed to tneountet twith the carles, Me tas, Uenttie (et on couctoutnelte, be tas neucsthelette Werebponthey being on both parts reavie togine "Stony Ootfee and liberal ingifts :abid)-contrarte ex: battell , the enening comming on canfed them to dex Stag Cities 1 iN matched ; though in him (thetune 6o ferteit tillthe mozow. and fo carlie in the mo2ning ane be lued being conGdered) thep ntight feeme ett tolerable;pet fiiaplie £intruth thep were "terlie repugnant to the Latw ofthe {pirit, hid) bin. Hat none. thouln pw euill that god may come " Againgt wbhieh.precept becaufe Adelttane Ould net but offend in the heat of bis couctoufucs, 1S termed the rat of all nrifchtefe, though be Seeding bountifull and large in diftributing hebadgrepilic gotten togither,be mutt ‘eur repzehenfion.. But this is fo much the £0. be imputed onto bim as a fault, bp bow oemem tbat(by thetule of equitic ©) was equitable ina "Meat bis pocation, ; dh2ffianman eee then the arnties fhoulioine, king Ethelred faten inbis tent the heare afuine ferutee, abhilett his bio ther bpona fortvard courage batted to incounterbis enimics , the thich recefucd him fo fharplie , and twith fo cruel fight, that at length, the Cnglifymen were at point to bane turned thetr backs. 15ut heres with came king Cthelred and manfullie envev the battell, fated bis people from running atpay,ano fo encomraged them, and difcouraged the enimies, that bp the potver of Gon ( ihont as toas thought in the mozning h¢ had ferued) the Danes finallie tocre chafed and put to flight , lofing one of their Kings eyemeance" (that is to fay) Wafreeg 02 Direeg,and 5 earles, Dir vifcomfirev. di0e the eloer , and Sidzoc the ponger , a Freine, |