respect of the good hope which they had conceiued of his woorthie
qualities and aptnesse to haue gouernement, as of his roiall linage,
being lineallie descended from Inigils the brother of king Inas, as
sonne to Alkemound, that was the sonne of one Eaffa, which Eaffa was
sonne to Ope the sonne of the foresaid Inigils.

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_Egbert reigneth ouer the Westsaxons, his practise or exercise in the
time of his exile, his martiall exploits against the Cornishmen and
Welshmen, Bernulfe king of Mercia taketh indignation at Egbert for the
inlarging of his roiall authoritie, they fight a sore battell, Egbert
ouercommeth, great ods betweene their souldiers, bishop Alstan a
warriour; Kent, Essex, Southerie, Sussex, and Eastangles subiect to
Egbert; he killeth Bernulfe K. of Mercia, and conquereth the whole
kingdome, Whitlafe the king thereof becommeth his tributarie, the
Northumbers submit themselues to Egbert, he conquereth Northwales and
the citie of Chester, he is crowned supreme gouernour of the whole
land, when this Ile was called England, the Danes inuade the land,
they discomfit Egberts host, the Welshmen ioine with the Danes against
Egbert, they are both vanquished, Egbert dieth._

THE NINTH CHAPTER.


[Sidenote: EGBERT. 802 as _Simon Dunel._
and _M.W._ hath noted but 801.]