The metrical chronicle of Robert of Gloucester. Edited by William Aldis Wright. Published by the authority of the lords commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury, under the direction of the master of the rolls.
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The metrical chronicle of Robert of Gloucester. Edited by William Aldis Wright. Published by the authority of the lords commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury, under the direction of the master of the rolls.
Author
Robert, of Gloucester, fl. 1260-1300.
Publication
London,: Printed for H. M. Stationery off., by Eyre and Spottiswoode,
1887.
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"The metrical chronicle of Robert of Gloucester. Edited by William Aldis Wright. Published by the authority of the lords commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury, under the direction of the master of the rolls." In the digital collection Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/AHB1378.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 19, 2025.
Pages
Y (page 378, line 5207).
After this the following lines are added in αβγε:—
& þe teoþe hyde · of þis lond euere mo [teoþe hyde] tenþehede β; tenþe heed ε. lond] londe β. euere mo] euer more þo β; euer mo ε.]To god & holi chirche · he ȝaf quyt so [&] & to ε. ȝaf] ȝaue βε. quyt] & queþed β; a queynt|aunce ε.]To sustenance of poueres · ido was al þis [sustenance] sustentacion ε. poueres] poremen & of cristendom ε. ido] doun β.]& seþþe to rome · of eche house ywis [seþþe] sithe β; syþþe ε.]
Furst he ȝaf þe rente · þat petres peny is [Furst] First ε. ȝaf] ȝaue βε. rente] rent βε. petres] Petrys β. peny] penyes ε.]Line 5 & þuder he ȝaf more · þat was ek lo þis [þuder] þider βε. ȝaf] ȝaue βε. þat was ek lo] lo þat was also ε. ek lo] eke lo γ; also β.]On hundred of besans · þat liȝt vorto amende [On] And an β; And ε. hundred] hunderd ε. besans] besaunteȝ β; besaunȝttes ε. liȝt] lithe γ. vorto] for to βε.]Of seint peter · & to poules · on oþer he sende [poules] seynt Poules ε. on oþer] one oþer β; a noþer ε.]To þe pope þe þridde · to ben on his þout [þridde] þirdde ε. ben on] bene in β; be in ε.]Þus was þis lond þo · in seruage ibrout [lond þo] londe þan β.]Line 10 Þe king was at rome · o ȝer after þis [king] kynge β. o ȝer] one ȝere β; one ȝeer ε.]& seþþe ine france · hamward ywis [seþþe] sithe β; siþþe ε. ine] in βε. hamward] homewarde β; homward ε.]To habbe to wyue · Iudith he nom [habbe] haue βε. wyue] wyfe β; wyffe ε. nom] nome βε.]Charles kinges douter · & com hider hom [Charles kinges douter] kyng Charles douȝtter ε. com] come βε. hom] home βε.]Seþþe he deiȝede sone · & at winchestre ywis [Seþþe] Sethe β; Siþþe ε. deiȝede] deiede β; dyde ε. sone] soone β.]Line 15 Yburiȝed faire was · þar he ȝut his [Yburiȝed faire was] Buryed he was faire β; I buryed was fayre ε. þar] þere βε. ȝut his] ȝit is βε.]
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