++On þis gær wolde þe king Steph{ne} tæcen Rodb{er}t eorl {120} of gloucestre þe kinges sune · Henries. ac he ne myhte for he wart it war. Þer{}eft{er} in þe lengten þestrede þe sunne ⁊ te dæi. abuton non tid dæies. þa men eten. ð me lihtede candles to æten bi. ⁊ þat was ·xiii· k{alend}. Ap{ri}l’. wæron men suythe of wundred. Þer{}eft{er} fordfeorde Will{elm} ærceb{iscop} of cantwarb{eri}. {125} ⁊ te king makede Teodbald ærceb{iscop} þe was abbot in the bec. Þer eft{er} wæx suythe micel uuerre be{}tuyx þe king ⁊ Randolf eorl of cæstre noht for{}þi ð he ne iaf hi{m} al ð he cuthe axen hi{m}. alse he dide alle othre. oc æfre þe mare he iaf heo{m}. þe wærse hi wæron hi{m}. Þe eorl heold lincol agænes þe king. ⁊ be{}na{m} hi{m} al ð he {130} ahte to hauen. ⁊ te king for þider ⁊ besætte hi{m} ⁊ his brother Will{el}m de R[om]are in þe castel. ⁊ te æorl stæl ut ⁊ ferde eft{er} Rodb{er}t eorl of gloucestre. ⁊ brohte hi{m} þider mid micel ferd. ⁊ fuhten suythe on Candel masse dæi agenes heore lauerd. ⁊ namen hi{m} for his men [h]i{m} suyken ⁊ flugæn. ⁊ læd hi{m} to Bristowe ⁊ {135} diden þar in p{ri}sun ⁊ [fe]teres. þa was al englel{and} styred mar þan ær wæs. ⁊ al yuel wæ[s i]n lande. Þer{}eft{er} co{m} þe king{es} doht{er} henries þe hefde ben emp{er}i[ce] i[n A]lamanie. ⁊ nu wæs cuntesse in Angou. ⁊ co{m} to lundene ⁊ te lundenissce folc hire wolde tæcen. ⁊ scæ fleh ⁊ forles þar mic[el.] Þer eft{er} þe biscop of Wincestre henri {140} þe king{es} brother Steph{nes} spac wid Rodb{er}t eorl ⁊ wyd þe{m}p{er}ice ⁊ suor heo{m} athas ð he neure ma mid te king his brother wolde halden. ⁊ cursede alle þe men þe mid h[i{m}] heoldon. ⁊ sæde heo{m} ð he uuolde ííuen heo{m} up Wincestre. ⁊ dide heo{m} cumen þider. Þa hi þær inne wæren. þa co{m} þe king{es} cuen [mid al]hire strengthe. {145} ⁊ besæt heo{m}. ð þer wæs inne micel hungær. Þa hi ne leng ne muhten þolen þa stali hi ut ⁊ flugen. ⁊ hi wurthen war wid{}uten ⁊ folecheden heo{m}. ⁊ namen Rodb{er}t eorl of glouc{estre}. ⁊ ledden hi{m} to Rouecestre. ⁊ diden hi{m} þare in p{ri}sun. ⁊ te emp{er}ice fleh in{}to an minstre. [f. 91r] Þa feorden þe wisemen betwyx þe kinges {150} freond ⁊ te eorles freond ⁊ sahtlede sua ð me sculde leten ut þe king of p{ri}sun for þe eorl. ⁊ te eorl for þe king. ⁊ sua diden. Sithen þereft{er} sa`t´hleden þe king ⁊ Randolf eorl at Stanford. ⁊ athes suoren ⁊ treuthes fæston ð her nouþer sculde be{}suiken other. ⁊ it ne for{}stod naht. for þe king hi{m} sithen na{m} in ha{m}tun. þurhc wicci {155} ræd. ⁊ dide hi{m} in p{ri}sun. ⁊ ef{}sones he let hi{m} ut þurhc wærse red. to ð forewarde ð he suor on halido{m} ⁊ gysles fand. þat he alle his castles sculde íiuen up. Sume he iaf up ⁊ sume ne iaf he noht. ⁊ dide þanne wærse þanne he hær sculde. Þa was engleland suythe to{}deled. sume helden mid te king. ⁊ sume mid þe{m}p{er}ice. for þa þe {160} king was in p{ri}sun þa wenden þe eorles ⁊ te ricemen þat he neure mare sculde cum{en} ut. ⁊ sæh`t´leden wyd þe{m}p{er}ice. ⁊