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Aldred Alfred
& anon to Redinge robbede & slowe
Þe king & alfred is broþer nome men ynowe
& mette hom & ane batayle smite vpe assesdoune
Þer was many moder child þat sone lay þer doune
Þe batayle laste uorte niȝt & þere were aslawe
Vif dukes of denemarch ar hii wolde wiþdrawe
& mony þousend of oþer men & þo gonnen hii to fle
Ac hii adde alle be ssent ȝif þe niȝt nadde ybe
Tueye batayles her after in þis sulfe ȝere
Hii smite & at boþe þe heþene maystres were
Þe king aldred sone þo þen wey of deþe nom
As it vel þe vifte ȝere of is kinedom
At wymbourne he was yburd as god ȝef þat cas
Þe god alfred is broþer after him king was
Þe king & alfred is broþer nome men ynowe
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Þer was many moder child þat sone lay þer doune
Þe batayle laste uorte niȝt & þere were aslawe
Vif dukes of denemarch ar hii wolde wiþdrawe
& mony þousend of oþer men & þo gonnen hii to fle
Ac hii adde alle be ssent ȝif þe niȝt nadde ybe
Tueye batayles her after in þis sulfe ȝere
Hii smite & at boþe þe heþene maystres were
Þe king aldred sone þo þen wey of deþe nom
As it vel þe vifte ȝere of is kinedom
At wymbourne he was yburd as god ȝef þat cas
Þe god alfred is broþer after him king was
Alfred þis noblemon as in þe ȝer of grace he nom
Eyȝte hundred & sixty & tuelue þe kinedom
Arst he adde at Rome ybe & uor is gret wisdom
Þe pope leon him blessede þo he þuder com
& þe kinges croune of þis lond þat in þis lond ȝut is
& elede him to be king ar he were king ywis
& he was king of engelond of alle þat þer come
Þat verst þus yeled was of þe pope of rome
& suþþe oþer after him of þe erchebissop echon
So þat biuore him pur king nas þer non
In þe souþside of temese nye batayles he nom
Aȝen þe deneys þe verste ȝer of is kinedom
Nine ȝer he was þus in þis lond in batailes & in wo
Ofte siþe aboue he was & bineþe ofter mo
So longe þat him nere bileued bote þre ssiren in is hond
Hamtessire & wiltessire & somersete of al is lond
A day as he weri was & a suoddringe him nom
& is men were ywent a visseþ seint cuthbert to him com
Icham he sede cuthbert to þe icham ywent
To bringe þe gode tydinges fram god ich am ysent
Vor þat folc of þis lond to sunne hor wille al ȝeue
& ȝut nolleþ hiderto hor sunnen bileue
Þoru me & oþer halwen þat in þis lond were ybore
Þat for ȝou biddeþ god wan we beþ him biuore
Eyȝte hundred & sixty & tuelue þe kinedom
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Þe pope leon him blessede þo he þuder com
& þe kinges croune of þis lond þat in þis lond ȝut is
& elede him to be king ar he were king ywis
& he was king of engelond of alle þat þer come
Þat verst þus yeled was of þe pope of rome
& suþþe oþer after him of þe erchebissop echon
So þat biuore him pur king nas þer non
In þe souþside of temese nye batayles he nom
Aȝen þe deneys þe verste ȝer of is kinedom
Nine ȝer he was þus in þis lond in batailes & in wo
Ofte siþe aboue he was & bineþe ofter mo
So longe þat him nere bileued bote þre ssiren in is hond
Hamtessire & wiltessire & somersete of al is lond
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& is men were ywent a visseþ seint cuthbert to him com
Icham he sede cuthbert to þe icham ywent
To bringe þe gode tydinges fram god ich am ysent
Vor þat folc of þis lond to sunne hor wille al ȝeue
& ȝut nolleþ hiderto hor sunnen bileue
Þoru me & oþer halwen þat in þis lond were ybore
Þat for ȝou biddeþ god wan we beþ him biuore
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