NOW wendes duke Henry vnto Normundie,
Seysine has plenerly of alle his cheualrie,
& Steuen leues here, Inglond is his balie.
After in his þrid ȝere Steuen fulle seke gan lie,
& in þat grete languour endid he his life,
Ninetene ȝere þe honour he kept in werre & strife,
At Feuersham he lis, at a heuen in Kent,
In an abbey of pris he founded with lond & rent.
& Mald þe Emperice þer þan is scho laid,
þat serued þer office to me, so þei said.
þe date a þousand right a hundreth [Obiit re vera Stephanus rex Oct. 25. 1154. Ipsius autem re|ginaMatildis defunct a est Maii 3°. 1152. apud Hedningham ni|mirum sive Hengham, vulgò Heningham, elegans olim ca|strum (notante Camdeno) & Oxoniæ Comitum antiquam habitationem, in agro Essexi|ensi.] & fifty, [Anno. M°. C°. L°.]
þat Steuen to dede was dight, now comes þe secunde Henry.
NOW is Steuen dede, & lies at Feuersham, [Henricus secundus factus est rex.]
þe barons þair red, & after Henry nam.
To London þei him brouht with grete solempnite.
þe popille him bisouht þer kyng forto be.
þe day of Saynt Liger [Oct. 2. Sed de tem|pore Coronationis variant hi|storici.] was Henry corouned kyng,
Thebald of Canterber gaf him þe coroune & þe ryng.
þis Henry was Mald sonne, þe erle wif of Aniowe.
þe Empèrice was wonne, & right heyre forto trowe.
For Henry douhter scho was, & his heyre þorgh sight.
Now comes hir sonne in pas, Henry hir heyr þorgh right.
