Note 262 — Chapter VI · THE KING.
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Beda, Hist. Eccl. iii. 24. “Inito ergo certamine, fugati sunt et caesi pagani, duces regii triginta qui ad auxilium venerant pene omnes interfecti.” The Saxon Chronicle is more detailed; an. 654: “Hér Óswiú cyng ofslóh Pendan cyng on Winwidfelda and þrittig cynebearna mid him; and ðǽr wǽron sume cyningas. Ðǽra sum wæs Æðelhere Annan bróðor, Eástengla cyningas.”