to reuolt to the enimie, but rather to their old acquaintance, if
[Sidenote: The Northumbers yéeld to Swaine.]
they should submit themselues to the Danes, streightwaies offered to
become subiect vnto Swaine, togither with their duke named Wighthred.
[Sidenote: The people of Lindsey yéeld themselues to him.]
Also the people of Lindsey and all those of the northside of
Watlingstréet yéelded themselues vnto him, and delivered pledges. Then
he appointed his sonne Cnutus to haue the kéeping of those pledges,
[Sidenote: _Simon Dun._]
and to remaine vpon the safegard of his ships, whiles he himselfe
[Sidenote: South Mercia.]
passed forward into the countrie. Then marched he forward to
subdue them of south Mercia: and so came to Oxford & to Winchester,
making the countries subiect to him throughout wheresoeuer he came.

With this prosperous successe Swaine being greatlie incouraged,
prepared to go vnto London, where king Egelred as then remained,
hauing with him Turkillus the Dane, which was reteined in wages
[Sidenote: _Sim. Dunel._]
with other of the Danes (as by report of some authors it maie appeare)
and were now readie to defend the citie against their countriemen in
support of king Egelred, togither with the citizens. Swaine, bicause
he would not step so farre out of the way as to go to the next bridge,
lost a great number of his men as he passed through the Thames. At
[Sidenote: Swaine assaulteth London.]
his comming to London, he began to assault the citie verie fiercelie,
in hope either to put his enimie in such feare that he should despaire
of all reliefe and comfort, or at the least trie what he was able to
doo. The Londoners on the other part, although they were brought in
some feare by this sudden attempt of the enimies, yet considering with