The greater portion of the Danes were at their camp at Chippenham, but parties roamed here and there through the land.
Dressed as countrymen, Edmund and Egbert made their way to Exeter, and there arranged with some traders for the purchase of the less valuable portion of the Dragons cargo.

This consisted of rich clothing, silks and other stuffs, wine, vestments, and altar hangings from churches, arms and armour, hides and skins.

The prices obtained were far below the real value of the articles, for money was scarce, and none could say when the Danes might again swoop down and clear out the contents of the warehouses.

Nevertheless the sum obtained was a large one for those days, and this did not include the value of the gold and silver goblets, salvers, vases, and utensils used in the celebration of religious services.
Of these, spoiled from the houses of the wealthy, and the churches and monasteries, they had obtained a considerable number.

These were buried in the wood near the lonely spot at which the Dragon was moored, the rest of the cargo was sent in wagons--the more valuable portions hidden under the hides and skins--to Exeter.