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Peter Langtoft's Chronicle, (as illustrated and improv'd by Robert of Brunne) from the death of Cadwalader to the end of K. Edward the First's reign. Transcrib'd, and now first publish'd, from a ms. in the Inner-Temple Library by Thomas Hearne, M.A. To which are added, besides a glossary and other curious papers, (1) A roll concerning Glastonbury abbey, being a survey of all the estates belonging to that house at the dissolution, taken by King Hen. the Eigth's order and for his use. (2) An account of the hospital of St. Mary Magdalen near Scroby in Nottinghamshire, by John Slacke, master of that hospital. (3) Two tracts by an anonymous author; the first relating to Roman antiquities, near Conquest in Somersetshire, the second concerning Stonehenge. Oxford, Printed at the Theater, 1725.

He bad, þat non alone breke out of þe rengaile. William of Almarle acordes to þat consaile. To while þat þise men bold with þer folk gan daile, Sir Robert de Brus þe old to Dauid gan trauaile. Here now of þe Brus, how he Dauid gan saile, With word þat was Irus, if it mot out auaile. ¶ "Dauid my lordyng, land I hold of þe, "& als of Steuen kyng, for hamage & feaute. "Leue alle þis foly, þat þou here bigynnes, "þin heyres salle it by, & þou no þyng wynnes. "& loke, þat þou not lese of lond þis ilk day, [De consilio Roberti Brus.] "þe best I rede þou chese, þi lif saue if þou may. "For Inglis & Normant er stalworth men in stoure, "It is folk valiant, ouer alle þei bere þe floure. "For neuer mot þou fynde Inglis kyng giloure. "To þe & to þi kynde haf þei don honoure, "Londes haf þei gyuen to þin ancessoure. "If trespas be misdryuen, & do þin owen socoure, "& I wille mak amendes, tak a day of loue. "If þou ne wille, þou spendes, & we salle be aboue. "þou may haf þi wille, if þou to loue chese, "& if þou turne tille ille, non wote who salle lese. "Wherfor, my lord Dauid, do bi gode conseile, "Tak ȝow pes & grith, & late be þis tirpeile, "& late not now be spoken of þe mishap. "For eft it wille be wroken with a hardere klap.
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Peter Langtoft's Chronicle, (as illustrated and improv'd by Robert of Brunne) from the death of Cadwalader to the end of K. Edward the First's reign. Transcrib'd, and now first publish'd, from a ms. in the Inner-Temple Library by Thomas Hearne, M.A. To which are added, besides a glossary and other curious papers, (1) A roll concerning Glastonbury abbey, being a survey of all the estates belonging to that house at the dissolution, taken by King Hen. the Eigth's order and for his use. (2) An account of the hospital of St. Mary Magdalen near Scroby in Nottinghamshire, by John Slacke, master of that hospital. (3) Two tracts by an anonymous author; the first relating to Roman antiquities, near Conquest in Somersetshire, the second concerning Stonehenge. Oxford, Printed at the Theater, 1725.
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Peter, of Langtoft, d. 1307?
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[Reprinted for S. Bagster, in the Strand,
1810]
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Great Britain -- History
Great Britain -- Antiquities, Roman
Scrooby, Eng.
Stonehenge (England)
Glastonbury Abbey.

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"Peter Langtoft's Chronicle, (as illustrated and improv'd by Robert of Brunne) from the death of Cadwalader to the end of K. Edward the First's reign. Transcrib'd, and now first publish'd, from a ms. in the Inner-Temple Library by Thomas Hearne, M.A. To which are added, besides a glossary and other curious papers, (1) A roll concerning Glastonbury abbey, being a survey of all the estates belonging to that house at the dissolution, taken by King Hen. the Eigth's order and for his use. (2) An account of the hospital of St. Mary Magdalen near Scroby in Nottinghamshire, by John Slacke, master of that hospital. (3) Two tracts by an anonymous author; the first relating to Roman antiquities, near Conquest in Somersetshire, the second concerning Stonehenge. Oxford, Printed at the Theater, 1725." In the digital collection Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/aba2096.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 10, 2025.
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