B (page 40, line 544).
Instead of lines 544, 545, αβγ have the following:—
Þat was yhote kambre · after kamber ywis [yhote] callid βγ. kambre] kamber βγ.] Albanac hadde eke · lond wiþoute mis [eke] also βγ.] [Primus rex.]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.
About this Item
- Title
- 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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- Subject terms
- English language -- Dialects -- England
- English language
- Great Britain -- History
- Link to this Item
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- Cite this Item
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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 16, 2025.
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Page 781
Al biȝonde humber · and Scotlond þat was his [Scocie.]
Albaniȝe he hit clepede · after his name ywis [Albaniȝe] Albany βγ. clepede] callid βγ.]
Locryn þat was vldest · hadde sumdel þat beste [Locryn] Lokerin βγ. vldest] eldest βγ. þat beste] þe best βγ.] [[Prim]us rex Anglie.]
Line 5
Al out þat lond bitwene · fram est into þe weste [lond] londe βγ. weste] west βγ.]
Al þis lond het Loegre · after locrynes name [lond] londe βγ. het] hiȝt βγ. Loegre] logre βγ.]
Hit was wel þat beste · þer of nas no blame [Hit was wel] Lo it was wel β. þat beste] þe best βγ. nas no] was he not to βγ.]