Þa `þe´ king S{tephne} to englal{ande} co{m} þa macod he his gadering æt Oxeneford. ⁊ þar he na{m} þe b{iscop} Roger of Sereb{er}i ⁊ Alex{ander} b{iscop} of lincol ⁊ te canceler Rog{er} hise neues. ⁊ dide ælle in p{ri}sun. til hi iafen up here castles. Þa the suikes under{}gæton ð he milde man was ⁊ softe ⁊ god. ⁊ na iustise ne dide. þa dide`n´ hi alle {45} wunder. Hi hadden hi{m} manred maked ⁊ athes suoren. ac hi nan treuthe ne heolden. alle he wæron for{}sworen and here treothes for{}loren. for æuric riceman his castles makede ⁊ agænes hi{m} heolden. ⁊ fylden þe land ful of castles. Hi suencten suyðe þe uureccemen of þe land mid castel weorces. þa þe castles uuaren {50} maked þa fylden hi mid deoules ⁊ yuelemen. Þa namen hi þa men þe hi wenden ð ani god hefde`n´. bathe be nihtes. ⁊ be dæies. carlmen ⁊ wi{m}men. ⁊ diden heo{m} `in p{ri}sun´ eft{er} gold ⁊ syluer. ⁊ pined heo{m}; untellendlice pining. for ne uuæren næure nan martyrs swa pined alse hi wæron. Me henged up bi the fet ⁊ smoked heo{m} · mid {55} ful smoke. Me henged bi the þu{m}bes other bi the hefed. ⁊ hengen bryniges on `her´ fet. Me dide cnotted strenges abuton here [f. 89v] hæued. ⁊ uurythen to ð it gæde to þe `h´ærnes. Hi diden heo{m} in quarterne þar nadres ⁊ snakes ⁊ pades wæron inne. ⁊ drapen heo{m} swa. Sume hi diden in crucethus ð is in an cęste þat was scort ⁊ nareu. ⁊ {60} un{}dep. ⁊ dide scærpe stanes þer{}inne. ⁊ þrengde þe man þær{}inne. ð hi{m} bræcon alle þe limes. In mani of þe castles wæron lof ⁊ gri{m}. ð wæron rachenteges ð twa oþer thre men hadden onoh to bæron onne. þat was sua maced. ð is fæstned to an beom. ⁊ diden an scærp iren abuton þa mannes throte ⁊ his hals. ð he `ne´ myhte nowiderwardes. {65} ne sitten ne lien ne slepen. oc bæron al ð iren. Mani þusen hi drapen mid hungær. J ne can ne i ne mai tellen alle þe wunder ne alle þe pines ð hi diden wreccemen on þis land. ⁊ ð lastede þa ·xix· wintre wile Stephne was king ⁊ æure it was uuerse ⁊ uuerse. Hi læiden gæildes o`n´ the tunes æure u{m}wile ⁊ clepeden it tenserie. þa {70} þe uureccemen ne hadden na{n} more to gyuen. þa ræueden hi ⁊ brendon alle the tunes. ð wel þu myhtes faren al a dæis fare sculdest thu neure finden man in tune sittende. ne land tiled. Þa was corn dære. ⁊ flec ⁊ cæse ⁊ butere. for nan ne wæs o þe land. Wrecce men sturuen of hungær. sume ieden on ælmes þe waren su{m} wile {75} ricemen. sume flugen ut of lande. Wes næure gæt mare wre`c´ce{}hed on land. ne næure hethen men werse ne diden þan hi diden. For ouer{}sithon ne for{}baren `hi´ nouther circe ne cyrce{}iærd. oc nam{en} al þe god ð þar{}inne was. ⁊ brenden sythen þe cyrce ⁊ alte gædere. Ne hi ne forbaren b{iscopes} land ne abb{otes} ne preostes. ac ræueden {80} munekes ⁊ clerekes. ⁊ æuricman other þe ouer myhte. Gif twa men oþer ·iii· coman ridend to an tun. al þe tunscipe flugæn for heo{m}. wenden ð hi wæron ræueres. Þe biscopes ⁊ leredmen heo{m} cursede æure. oc was heo{m} naht þar{}of. for hi uueron al forcursæd ⁊