What is "beinge"

Usage examples of "beinge".

And dyd fyghte agaynst them and dyd flinge them backe beinge iv or v thowsand souldiers.

The magical duel was subsequently recorded in Birdwhistle's book Legendes and Antiquities of the Ramptops and went as follows: "The duel beinge ninety minutes advanced, a small boy child upon a sudden ran across the square and stept within the magic circle, whereup he fell down with a terrible scream also a flash.