Moreouer, about the same time the sonnes of king Alfwald were by
force drawne out of the citie of Yorke, but first by a wile they were
trained out of the head church where they had taken sanctuarie, and so
at length miserablie slaine by king Ethelbert in Wonwaldremere,
one of them was named Alfus, & the other Alfwin. In the yéere of our
[Sidenote: 792]
Lord 792, Osred vpon trust of the others and promises of diuerse noble
men, secretly returned into Northumberland, but his owne souldiers
forsooke him, and so was he taken, and by king Ethelberts commandment
put to death at Cunbridge on the 14 day of September.

The same yéere king Ethelbert maried the ladie Alfled the daughter of
Offa king of Mercia, forsaking his former wife which he had, & hauing
no iust cause of diuorce giuen on hir part, wherby his people tooke
such displeasure against him, that finallie after he had reigned now
this second time 4 yéeres, or (as other say) seuen yéeres, he could
not auoid the destinie of his predecessors, but was miserablie killed
by his owne subiects at Cobre, the 18 of Aprill. After whome, one
Oswald a noble man was ordeined king, and within 27 or 28 daies after
[Sidenote: Holie Iland.]
was expelled, and constreined to flie first into the Ile of
Lindesferne, and from thence vnto the king of the Picts.

[Sidenote: Ardulfe.]
Then Ardulfe that was a duke and sonne to one Arnulfe was reuoked
out of exile, made king, & consecrated also at Yorke by the archbishop
Cumhald, and thrée other bishops, the 25 of June, in the yéere
[Sidenote: 796.]
796. About two yeeres after, to wit, in the yéere 798 one duke
Wade, and other conspirators which had beene also partakers in the