¶Steuyn.
[ B] STeuyn erle of Boleyn and syster son to kynge Henry / than toke vpon hym to be kyng of Englande. For when he harde of kyng Henryes dethe / he passed the see and came into Englande / thorowe counsell of many of the great lordes of Englande / contrary to their othe made to Maude ye Em∣presse / and was crowned kynge vpon saynt Steuyns day / the yere of Chryst .M.C.xxxv. after the count of Englande by wyllyam Archebysshop of Caun∣••erbury / whiche fyrst made othe to Maude the Empresse. This Steuyn the fyrst yere of his ••aygne / araysed a great hooste to haue made warre agaynste kynge Daued of Sco••lande / but he came and made a peace with hym. But he dyd hym none homage / because he had done homage before to Maude the Empresse. Nat withstandynge / yet Henry the eldyst son to kynge Daued / dyd hou••••ge to kyng Steuyn. But after that this Daued repented hym ••f that / and entryd into Northumberlande with a great hoost / & brent and slewe the people in 〈◊〉〈◊〉 cruell wyfe / and slewe man / woman / and chylde. But the kynge sent one Thurstone with 〈◊〉〈◊〉 ••reat hoost agaynst them: betwene whiche there was a great battell / where the Scottes lost 〈◊〉〈◊〉 fylde and many of them slayne / and the resyde we fled into Scotlande. And after that this kynge Steuyn hym selfe / made a great voyage into Scotlande / but he dyd there but lyttel to his pleasure or profyte.
¶This kynge Steuyn beseged dyuers castels of dyuers by sshoppes and other lordes / and toke them by force / and fortefyed them with his knyghtes & seruauntes / to the entent to withstande the Empresse / whose commynge he euer feared.
¶About the .vi. yere of his raygne / Maude the Empresse came into Englande by the comfort of the erle of Glocester / bastarde son to kynge Henry her father and of the erle of Chester: but the kynge raysed so great a power / yt the Empresse was fayne to go & take the citye of Lyncolne for her refuge & helpe / and the kyng her beseged longe tyme / but at the last she and her company escaped / and than the kynge toke the citye. And than the erle of Chester with a great power of welchemen / and the erle of Glocester brought a great power to the Empresse and came agaynst the kynge: betwene whome there was fought a cruell batell that dured a longe season / it was harde to knowe who shulde haue the better / but at the last the kynges people gaue backe and fledde.* 1.1 And the kynge abode with a fewe of his knyghtes / and was takyn prisoner and brought to the Empresse / and after sent to Brystowe to prison. [ B]