[74] Armorica, or Bretagne.
[75] This should be Marinus, not Martinus.
[76] Mount St. Barnard.
[77] Saint Lo.
[78] I omit this obscure passage rather than run the risk of misleading the reader by an inaccurate translation of it.
[79] This must be the fortress which Hasten's men built in Bamfleet.
[80] Welland, Northamptonshire.
Chap. IV.—Of the reign of king Edward, and of his wars.
A. 901. The successor to the throne was Edward, son of the above-named king. He was elected by the nobles, and crowned with the royal crown on Whitsunday, one hundred years having elapsed since his great grandfather, Egbert, had gained his present territories. In the same year Ethelbald received, in the city of London, the bishopric of the city of York; and, it appears, that the number of years completed, since Christ came in the flesh, was nine hundred full.