Hären rider istället norrut för att möta saxarna, men de har hört vad som är på gång och har dragit sig undan. Sir Aed får leda sällskapet med ytterligare 75 fotfolk. Skärmytsling uppstår och inga direkta förluster står att finna, men fotfolkets låga moral får riddarna att återvända.
King Uther marches his army north to Lindsey to threaten Octa and Eosa. He leads the army into Roestoc, and sends his knights and soldiers to hunt down any Saxons they find. But neither Uther nor Octa and Eosa want to have a pitched battle yet, so the fight is restrained to skirmishes.
Afterwards, the king is in a good mood.
Prince Madoc says, “We’re not afraid of the northern Saxon kings. They had to withdraw from the siege of Eburacum. We are going to fight Octa and Eosa next summer.”