Þat ilce dæi þat Mart{in} abb{ot} of burch sculde þider faren. þa {200} sæclede he ⁊ ward ded ·iiii· Ñ. iañ. ⁊ te munek{es} innen dæis cusen oþer of heo{m} sælf. Will{el}m de Walt{e}uile is gehaten. god clerc ⁊ god man. ⁊ wæl luued of þe k{inge} ⁊ of alle godemen. and o[n cyric]en byrie{den} þabb{ot} hehlice ⁊ sone þe cosan ab{bot} ferde ⁊ te muneces [mid him to] oxenforde to þe k{ing} [⁊ he] iaf hi{m} þat abb{ot}rice. ⁊ he {205} ferde hi{m} son[e to linc]ol ⁊ was þ[ær bletcæd to] abbot ær he ham come. ⁊ [sithen] was under fangen [mid mic]el [wurtscipe at] burch. mid [mice]l p{ro}cessiun. ⁊ sua he was alsua at Ramesæie. ⁊ at Torn{ey}. ⁊ at . . n ⁊ Spall{ding} ⁊ at {S. l.} bares. ⁊ . . . ⁊ [he nu is] abbot. ⁊ fa[ire] haued begunnon. xp[ist] him un[ne gode endinge]. {210} [Linenotes: 203. MS. mutilated and defaced from this place onward. || 204. _byrie^d_ in MS.] IV. CHARTER OF HENRY THE SECOND [[MS description from Notes volume: “Harleian Charter III B. 49, British Museum.... The document is in a French record hand, and the writer was evidently little versed in the insular script. He uses both þ and th, ƿ and w.”]] ++H’ [þ]urh godes ȝefu ænglelandes king gret ealle mine bissceopas ⁊ ealle mine eorlas ⁊ ealle mine scirereuan ⁊ ealle mine þeinas frencisce ⁊ englisce · on þan sciran þe teobalt erceb{isceop} ⁊ se hiret æt xp{ist}es chyrchen on Cantuarabirȝ habbad land inne freondlice ⁊ ic keþe eow þ̵ ic hebbe heom geunnon þ̵ hi beon ælc þare lande wurþa {5} þe hi eafdon en Edwardes kinges deȝe · ⁊ on Willelmes kinges mines furþur ealdefader · ⁊ on Henrices kinges mines ealdefader · ⁊ saca ⁊ Socne · on strande ⁊ on Streame. On wudan · ⁊ on feldan · tolles ⁊ theames · grithbriches · ⁊ hamsocne · ⁊ forstalles · ⁊ i{n}fangenesthiafes · ⁊ fleamene frimtha · ofer heore agene men · binna{n} Burgan ⁊ butan · {10} swa ful ⁊ swa ford swa mine agene Wicneres hit sechan scolden · ⁊ ofer swa fele þeinas swa ich heom to{}leten habban. And ic nelle þ̵ eni{}man enig{}þing þer{}on theo · butan hi ⁊ heara wicneras · þe hi hit bitechan · willað · ne frencisce ne englisce · for þan þi{n}gan þe ich habbe criste þas gerichtan forgifan minre Saule to ech{er}e alisendnesse ⁊ ic {15} nelle geþauian þ̵ enig{}man þis abrece bi minan fullen frenscipan. God geau gehealde. [Linenotes: 1. MS kurh || IV. 4. _Cantuarabirȝ_] last letter _ȝ_ or _g_; the one has been corrected out of the other: so too in _deȝe_, l. 6. || 14. _þingan_] _þimgan_ MS.] V. A PARABLE [[MS description from Notes volume: “Cotton Vespasian A 22, British Museum. It is composite; a second MS., 224 × 153 mm. in two columns, begins at f. 54 with the pieces printed in OEH i. 217-45. It is written in a small and crabbed hand unlike that of a professed scribe. The use of the contraction marks is unsystematic and the readings are sometimes uncertain.”]] REX SUOS IUDICANS