9 8 HISTORY OF ENGLAND.

chap. station. The kingdom, however , was still infestedii. by the Danes, who made an inroad and sackedWinchester; but were there defeated. A bodyalso of these pirates, who were quartered in theisle of lhanet, having deceived the English bya treaty, unexpectedly broke into Kent, andcommitted great outrages.

ETHERED.

sec. EtHELBERT was succeeded by his brotherEthered , who, though he defended himself withbraverv, enjoyed during his whole reign, notranquillity from those Danish irruptions. Hisyounger brother, Alfred, seconded him in all hisenterprises; and generously sacrificed to the publicgood all resentment, which he might entertain,on account of his being excluded by Etheredfrom a large patrimony, which had been lefthim by his father.

The first landing of the Danes in the reign ofEthered was among the East-Angles, who, moreanxious for their present safety than for the com-mon interest, entered into a separate treaty withthe enemy; and furnished them with horses,which enabled them to make an irruption byland into the kingdom of Northumberland.They thereseized the city of York; and defendedit against Osbricht and .Ella, two Northumbrianprinces , who perished in the assault". Encouraged

i1 Asser. p. 6. Cliron. Sax. p. gy.