for{}suoren ⁊ for{}loren. War sæ me tilede. þe erthe ne bar nan corn. for þe land {85} was al fordon. mid suilce dædes. ⁊ hi sæden openlice ð xpist slep. ⁊ his halechen. Suilc ⁊ mare þanne we cunnen sæin. we þolenden xix· wintre for ure sinnes. [f. 90r] On al þis yuele time heold Martin abbot his abbotrice ·xx· wint{re} ⁊ half gær ⁊ viii· dæis. mid micel suinc. ⁊ fand þe munekes ⁊ te gestes al þat heo{m} be{}houed ⁊ heold mycel {90} carited in the hus. ⁊ þoþwethere wrohte on þe circe ⁊ sette þar{}to landes ⁊ rentes. ⁊ goded it suythe. ⁊ læt it refen ⁊ brohte heo{m} into þe neuuæ mynst{re} on S’ PETRES mæsse dæi mid micel wurtscipe. ð was · anno ab incarn{atione} d{omini} · M·c·xl. a co{m}bustio{n}e loci ·xxiii· ⁊ he for `to´ Rome. ⁊ þær wæs wæl under{}fangen fra{m} þe pape {95} Eugenie. ⁊ be{}gæt thare p{ri}uilegies. an of alle þe landes of þabbotrice. ⁊ an oþer of þe landes þe lien to þe circewican. ⁊ gif he leng moste liuen alse he mint to don of þe horderwycan. And he be{}gæt in landes þat ricemen hefden mid strengthe. Of Will{el}m malduit þe heold Rogingha{m} þæ castel. he wan Cotingha{m} ⁊ Estun. ⁊ Of hugo of {100} Walt{e}uile he uuan hyrtlingb{eri} · ⁊ Stanewig. ⁊ lx · sol. of Aldewingle `ælc gær´. And he makede manie munek{es} ⁊ plantede winiærd. ⁊ makede mani weorkes. ⁊ wende þe tun betere þan it ær waes. ⁊ waes god munec ⁊ god man. ⁊ forþi hi{m} luueden god ⁊ gode men. {105} [Linenotes: 41. _Þa_] no paragraph in MS. || 46. After _maked_ erasure of two letters. || 56. After _þumbes_, _⁊_ deleted. || 81. _þe ouer_] _þeouer_ MS. || 97. After _moste_, _alse_ erased. || 99. _strengthe_ corrected out of _strengthre_.] Nu we willen sægen su{m}del wat belamp on Steph{nes} kinges time. On his time þe iudeus of Noruuic bohton an xpisten cild be{}foren estren ⁊ pineden hi{m} alle þe ilce pining ð ure drihten was pined. ⁊ on langfridæi hi{m} on rode hengen for ure drihtines luue. ⁊ sythen byrieden hi{m}. wenden ð it sculde ben for{}holen. oc ure dryhtin {110} atywede ð he was hali m{arty}r. ⁊ to munekes hi{m} namen. ⁊ bebyried hi{m} heglice in þe minst{re}. ⁊ he maket þur[h] ure drihtin wunderlice ⁊ manifældlice miracles. ⁊ hatte he S’ Willelm. [Sidenote: M·C·XXXVI`II´.] ++On þis gær co{m} dauid king of Scotl{and} mid ormete færd to þis land. wolde winnan þis land. {115} ⁊ hi{m} co{m} togænes Will{el}m eorl of Albamar þe þe king adde beteht euorwic ⁊ to other æuez men mid fæumen ⁊ fuhten wid heo{m}. ⁊ fle{m}den þe king æt te Standard. ⁊ sloghen suithe micel of his genge. [f. 90v] [Sidenote: M·C·XL.]