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her rights, she landed from Normandy, and openly laid claim to the Crown--The King besieged Matilda in Wallingford pursued her to Lincon and gave battle to the Earl of Gloucester, before that city. The Earl was victorious, the King was taken confined to Bristol Castle and ignomeniously loaded with Irons--Matilda was now proclaimed Queen, and for some time her power was acknowledged by the generality of the Nation, but she soon disgusted them by her pride, and the Bishop of Winchester who had been cheefly instrumental in raising her to the throne, now grew to be
