¶ Here may be thought that the reigne of the Normans and French men ouer the realme of England tooke end, a hundred twentie two yeares after the comming in of the Conquerour; for those that reigned after this Henrie the second, we may rightlie estéeme to be Englishmen, bicause they were borne in England, and vsed the English toonge customes, and maners, according to the nature and qualitie of the countrie. Thus farre the succession and regiment of the Frenchmen ouer this Iland; namelie, Stephan of Bullongne and Henrie the second. Transcriber's notes There are no footnotes in the original. The original spelling and punctuation have been retained, with the exception of obvious errors which have been corrected by reference to the 1587 edition of which the original is a transcription. [1] Original reads 'withcraft'; corrected to 'witchcraft'. [2] Original reads 'vpon summons giuen vnto him him'; corrected to 'vpon summons giuen vnto him'. [3] Original reads 'M. Triuet.'; corrected to 'N. Triuet.'. [4] Original reads 'Poloydr'; corrected to 'Polydor'. [5] Original reads 'Fench'; corrected to 'French'. [6] Original reads 'againt'; corrected to 'against'. [7] The passage referred to is in this reign, An. Reg. 19, 1173. [8] Original reads 'thorugh'; corrected to 'thorough'. [9] Original reads 'euenth'; corrected to 'seuenth'. [10] Original reads 'Cauturburie'; corrected to 'Canturburie'. [11] Original reads 'Griffiin'; corrected to 'Griffin'. [12] Original reads 'yearelelie'; corrected to 'yearelie'. [13] Original reads 'at this this'; corrected to 'at this'. [14] Original reads 'commmitted'; corrected to 'committed'. End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland (2 of 6): England (5 of 12), by Raphael Holinshed