7.2. The Danes inuade England on each side, they are vanquished by the English, Goda earle of Deuonshire slaine; the Danes in a battell fought at Maldon kill Brightnod earle of Essex and the most of this armie, ten thousand pounds paid to them by composition that they should not trouble the English subiects, they cease their crueltie for a time, but with|in a while after fall to their bloudie bias, the English people despaire to resist them; Egelred addresseth a nauie against the Danes vnder the erles Alfrike and Turold, Alfrike traitorous|lie taketh part with the Danes, his ship and souldiers are taken, his sonne Algar is punished for his fathers offense, the Danes make great wast in many parts of this Iland, they besiege Lon|don and are repelled with dishonor, they driue king Egelred to buy peace of them for 16000 pounds; Aulafe king of Nor|wey is honorablie interteined of Egelred, to whome he promiseth at his baptisme neuer to make warre a|gainst England, the great zeale of people in setting forward the building of Dur|ham towne and the minster. The second Chapter.

The Danes inuade England on each side, they are vanquished by the English, Goda earle of Deuonshire slaine; the Danes in a battell fought at Maldon kill Brightnod earle of Essex and the most of this armie, ten thousand pounds paid to them by composition that they should not trouble the English subiects, they cease their crueltie for a time, but with|in a while after fall to their bloudie bias, the English people despaire to resist them; Egelred addresseth a nauie against the Danes vnder the erles Alfrike and Turold, Alfrike traitorous|lie taketh part with the Danes, his ship and souldiers are taken, his sonne Algar is punished for his fathers offense, the Danes make great wast in many parts of this Iland, they besiege Lon|don and are repelled with dishonor, they driue king Egelred to buy peace of them for 16000 pounds; Aulafe king of Nor|wey is honorablie interteined of Egelred, to whome he promiseth at his baptisme neuer to make warre a|gainst England, the great zeale of people in setting forward the building of Dur|ham towne and the minster. The second Chapter.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 _SHortlie after the decease of Dunstane, Wil. Malm. Matt. Westm. The Danes inuade this land. the Danes in|uaded this realme on each side, wasting and spoiling the countrie in most miserable wise. They arriued in so ma|nie places at once, that the Englishmen could not well deuise whither to go to encounter first with them. Some of them spoiled a place or towne called Wich|port, Alias Wece|derport. H. Hunt. Simon Dun. Danes van|quished. and from thence passing further into the coun|trie, were met with by the Englishmen, who giuing them battell, lost their capteine Goda: but yet they got the victorie, and beat the Danes out of the field, and so that part of the Denish armie was brought to confusion.Simon Dun. Simon Dunel. saith, that the Englishmen in déed wan the field here, but not without great losse. For besides GodaGoda earle of Deunonshire slaine. (who by report of the same author was Earle of Deuonshire) there died an o|ther valiant man of warre named Strenwold. In the yeere 991, Brightnod earle of Essex, at Maldon gaue battell to an armie of Danes (which vnder their leaders Iustine and Guthmond had spoiled Gipswich)Matt. VVest. and was there ouercome and slaine with the most part of his people, and so the Danes ob|teined in that place the victorie.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 In the same yéere,991 and in the 13 yeere of king Egelreds reigne, when the land was on each side sore afflicted, wasted and haried by the Danes, which couered the same as they had béene grashop|pers: by the aduise of the archbishop of Canturburie Siricius (which was the second of that séee after Dunstane) a composition was taken with the Danes, so that for the sum of ten thousand pounds to be paied to them by the king,Ten thousand pounds paid to the Danes. Danegilt. they should coue|nant not to trouble his subiects anie further. This monie was called Denegilt or Dane monie, and was leuied of the people. Although other take that to be Danegilt, which was giuen vnto such Danes as king Egelred afterwards reteined in his seruice, to defend the land frm other Danes and enimies that sought to inuade his dominions. But by what name so euer this monie (which the Danes now receiued) was called, true it is that herevpon they ceassed from their most cruell inuasions for a time. But shortlie after they had resfreshed themselues,Wil. Malm. and re|couered new strength,992 they began to play their old parts againe, dooing the like mischéefe by their sem|blable inuasions, as they had vsed before. By reason hereof such feare came vpon the English people, that they despaired to be able to resist the enimies.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 4 5 The king yet caused a nauie to be set foorth at London, Hen. Hunt. A nauie set forth. whereof he appointed earle Alfrike (whome before he had banished) to be high admerall, ioining with him earle Turold. This nauie did set forward from London toward the enimies, who hauing war|ning giuen them from Alfrike, escaped away with|out hurt. Shortly after a greater nauie of the Danes came, and incountered with the kings fléet, so that a great number of the Londoners were slaine, and all the kings ships taken:Alfrike a trai|tour to his countrie. Matth. West. for Alfrike like a traitor turned to the Danes side. ¶Matt. West. maketh o|ther report of this matter, declaring that Alfrike in déed being one of the chiefe capteins of the fléet, ad|uertised them by forewarning of the danger that was toward them, and that when they should come to ioining, the same Alfrike like a traitor fled to the Danes, and after vpon necessitie being put to [...]light escaped away with them: but the other capteins of the kings fléet, as Theodred, Elstan, and Escwen, pursued the Danes, tooke one of their ships, and slue all those that were found therein. The Londoners also (as the same Matt. West. saith) met with the na|uie of the Danish rouers as they fled away, and slue a great number, and also tooke the ship of the traitor Alfrike with his souldiers & armor, but he himselfe escaped, though with much paine, hauing plaied the like traitorous part once before, and yet was recon|ciled to the kings fauor againe. Henr. Hunt. The son pu|nished for his fathers offense Upon this mischiefe wrought by the father,993 the king now tooke his sonne Algar, and caused his eies to be put out.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 4 About the same time was Bambrough destroied by the Danes, which arriued after in Humber, and wasted the countrie of Lindsey and Yorkeshire, on either side that riuer. And when the Englishmen were assembled to giue them battell, before they ioi|ned,Simon. Dun. Polydor. Matth. West. the capteines of the English armie, Frena, Godwin, and Fredegist, that were Danes by their fathers side, began to flie away, and escaped, so gi|uing the occasion of the ouerthrow that lighted on their people. But by some writers it should appéere, that after the Danes had destroied all the north parts, as they spred abroad without order and good arraie, the people of the countrie fell vpon them, and slue some of them, and chased the residue. Other of the Danes with a nauie of 94 ships entered the Thames,Aulafe king of Norway, & Swein king of Denmarke were capteins of this fleet, as saith Simon Dun. and besieged London about our ladie daie in September. They gaue a verie sore assault to the citie, and assaied to set it on fire: but the citizens so valiantlie defended themselues, that the Danes were beaten backe and repelled, greatlie to their losse so that they were constreined to depart thence with dishonor.994 Then they fell to and wasted the coun|tries of Essex, Hen. Hunt. Wil. Malm. The king compoundeth with the Danes for monie. Kent, Sussex, and Hamshire, and ceas|sed not till they had inforced the king to compound with them for 16 thousand pounds, which he was glad to pay to haue peace with them.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 Moreouer, whereas they wintered that yéere at Southampton, the king procured Aulafe king of the Norwegians to come vnto Andeuer (where at that time he lay) vpon pledges receiued of the king for his safe returne. Elphegus bishop of Winchester, Matt. West. Simon Dun. Aulafe king of Norwey baptised. and duke Ethelwold were appointed by king Egel|red to bring Aulafe vnto him in most honorable ma|ner. The same time was Aulafe baptised, king Egel|red EEBO page image 167 receiuing him at the fontstone,His promise. and so he promi|sed neuer after to make anie war within this land. And receiuing great gifts of the king, he returned into his countrie, and kept his promise faithfullie: but the euils tooke not so an end, for other of the Danes sprang vp, as they had béene the heads of the serpent Hydra, some of them euer being readie to trouble the quiet state of the English nation.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 About this season,Iohn Leland. Simon Dun. that is to say, in the yéere of our Lord 995,995 bishop Aldaine which was fled from Che|ster in the stréet (otherwise called Cunecester) with the bodie of saint Cuthbert for feare of the inuasion of Danes, vnto Rippon, brought the same bodie now vnto Durham,The church of Durham builded. and there began the foundation of a church; so that the sée of that bishoprike was from thencefoorth there established, and the woods were there cut downe, which before that time couered and ouergrew that place, wherevpon it began first to be inhabited. Earle Uthred,Earle Uthred who gouerned that coun|trie, greatlie furthered the bishop in this worke, so that all the people inhabiting betweene the riuers of Coquid and Theis,Durham town and minster builded. came togither to rid the woods, and to helpe forwards the building of the church and towne there.