Egbert, but he with prosperous fortune vanquished and slue both
[Sidenote: Danes and Welshmen vanquished.]
the Danes and Welshmen, and that in great number, at a place called
Hengistenton. The next yéere after also, which was 836, he ouerthrew
[Sidenote: 836.]
another armie of Danes which came against him, as one autor
writeth. Finallie, when king Egbert had reigned the tearme of 36
[Sidenote: _Matth. West._]
yéeres and seuen moneths with great glorie for the inlarging of his
[Sidenote: Egbert departeth this life. 837.]
kingdome with wide bounds, which when he receiued was but of
small compasse, he departed this life, leauing to his issue matter of
woorthie praise to mainteine that with order which he with painefull
diligence had ioined togither. His bodie was buried at Winchester, and
he left behind him two sonnes Ethelwulfe, otherwise named Athaulfe and
[Sidenote: _Matth. West._]
Adelstan. The first he appointed to succéed him in the kingdome of
Westsaxons, and Adelstan he ordeined to haue the gouernment of Kent,
Sussex, and Essex.

¶ Héere we sée the paterne of a fortunate prince in all his affaires,
as well forren as domesticall, wherein is first to be obserued the
order of his education in his tender yéeres, which agreeing well with
a princes nature, could not but in the progresse of his age bring
great matters to passe, his manifold victories are an argument that as
he lacked no policie, so he had prowesse inough to incounter with his
enimies, to whome he gaue manie a fowle discomfiture. But among all
other notes of his skill and hope of happie successe in his martiall
affaires, was the good choise that he made of seruiceable souldiers,
being such as knew how to get the victorie, and hauing gotten it,