ABSTRACT
Bertwolfe king of Mercia tributarie to the Westsaxons, the fame of Modwen an Irish virgine, she was a great builder of monasteries, she had the gift of healing diseases, Ethel bald and Ethelbright diuide their fathers kingdome betwixt them, Elheibald marieth his mother, he dieth, Winchester destroied by the Danes, they plaied the trucebreakers and did much mischiefs in Kent, Ethelbright dieth; Ethelred king of the Westsaxons, his commendable qualities, his regiment was full of trouble, he fought against the Danes nine times in one yere with happie successes the kings of Mercia fall from their fealtie and allegiance to Ethelred; Hungar & Vbb a two Danish capteines with their power Ile in East angle, Osbright and Ella kings of Northumberland slaine of the Danes in battell, they set Yorke on fire, a commendation of bishop Adelstan, his departure out of this life.
