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and_o send_v for_o he_o command_v he_o to_o surrender_v his_o abbey_n and_o be_v go_v out_o of_o his_o realm_n which_o he_o do_v in_o the_o year_n mcxxxii_o so_o john_n abbot_n henricus_n abbas_n de_fw-fr burgo_n quem_fw-la dimisit_fw-la ad_fw-la andegavenses_fw-la redit_fw-la with_o which_o hugo_n agree_v who_o say_v he_o recover_v his_o abbey_n of_o st._n john_n de_fw-fr angeli_fw-la and_o that_o notwithstanding_o all_o his_o fault_n bone_fw-la eleemosynator_fw-la omnibus_fw-la diebus_fw-la fuit_fw-la he_o be_v good_a to_o the_o poor_a all_o his_o day_n and_o therefore_o he_o make_v a_o good_a end_n not_o live_v long_o after_o he_o return_v thither_o there_o be_v no_o memory_n of_o this_o abbot_n in_o the_o kalander_n of_o the_o church_n no_o more_o than_o of_o kenulphus_n and_o godricus_n martinus_n de_fw-fr vecti_fw-la henry_n be_v go_v the_o king_n give_v this_o abbey_n by_o the_o consent_n of_o the_o monk_n say_v hugo_n to_o a_o religious_a monk_n martinus_n de_fw-fr bec_n the_o 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the_o land_n be_v darken_v because_o peace_n and_o truth_n and_o righteousness_n be_v take_v away_o from_o it_o the_o same_o year_n 1135._o king_n stephen_n nephew_n to_o the_o former_a king_n a_o prince_n of_o a_o mild_a and_o low_a spirit_n get_v the_o crown_n and_o with_o he_o as_o hugo_n go_v on_o young_a man_n who_o be_v very_o wicked_a also_o get_v into_o power_n and_o trouble_v the_o land_n the_o church_n especial_o be_v in_o great_a tribulation_n all_o england_n over_o and_o among_o the_o rest_n this_o of_o burgh_n who_o abbot_n suffer_v very_o much_o and_o keep_v his_o abbey_n with_o great_a difficulty_n and_o yet_o for_o all_o that_o he_o provide_v all_o thing_n necessary_a for_o his_o monk_n and_o for_o stranger_n there_o be_v great_a love_n among_o they_o and_o the_o monk_n be_v assistant_n to_o he_o he_o go_v on_o also_o with_o the_o build_n of_o the_o monastery_n and_o of_o the_o church_n the_o chancel_n of_o which_o he_o finish_v and_o bring_v in_o cum_fw-la magno_fw-la 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