++On þis gære for se king h{ enri} ouer sæ æt te la{ m}masse. [&] ð oþer dei þa he lai an slep in scip. þa þestrede þe dæi ouer al landes [&] uuard þe sunne suilc als it { 15} uuare thre niht ald mone. an st{ er}res abuten hi{ m} at middæi. Wur`þ´en men suiðe of{ }uundred [&] of{ }dred [&] sæden ð micel þing sculde cum{ en} her{ }eft{ er}. sua dide. for þat ilc gær warth þe king ded. ð oþer daei eft{ er} S' Andreas massedæi · on norm{ andi}. Þa wes treson a þas landes. for æuricman sone ræuede oþer þe mihte. { 20} Þa namen his sune [&] his frend [&] brohten his lic to engle{ lande} [&] bebiriend in Reding{ e}. Godman he wes [&] micel æie wes of hi{ m}. durste nanman misdon wið oðer on his time. Pais he makede men [&] dær. Wua{ }sua bare his byrthen gold [&] sylure. durste na{ n} man sei to hi{ m} naht bute god. { 25}
[Linenote: 20. _þa wes treson a_ Emerson, in MS. _þa westre sona_.]
f. 89r] Enmang þis was his nefe cumen to engle{ lande} Stephne de blais. [&] co{ m} to lundene. [&] te lundenisce folc hi{ m} underfeng. [&] senden [e,]ft{ er} þe ærceb{ iscop} Will{ el}m curbuil. [&] halechede hi{ m} to kinge on midewintre{ }dæi. On þis kinges time wes al unfrið [&] yfel [&] ræflac. for agenes hi{ m} risen sona þa ricemen þe wæron swikes. alre fyrst Balduin { 30} de Reduers [&] held Execestre agenes hi{ m}. [&] te king it be{ }sæt. [&] siððan Bald{ uin} acordede. Þa tocan þa oðre [&] helden her castles agenes hi{ m}. [&] dauid king of scotland toc to uuerrien hi{ m} · þa þohuuethere þat here sandes feorden betwyx heo{ m}. [&] hi to{ }gædere comen [&] wurðe sæhte. þoþ it litel forstode. { 35}
++Ðis gære for þe `k{ ing}´ Steph{ ne} ofer sæ to normandi [&] ther wes under{ }fangen for{ }þi ð hi uuenden ð he sculde ben alsuic alse the eo{ m} wes. [&] for he hadde get his tresor. ac he to{ }deld it [&] scatered sotlice. Micel hadde henri k{ ing} gadered gold [&] syluer. [&] na god ne dide me for his saule thar{ }of. { 40}