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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Title

Author

Robert, of Gloucester, fl. 1260-1300.

Publication

London,: Printed for H. M. Stationery off., by Eyre and Spottiswoode,

1887.

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English language -- Dialects -- England

English language

Great Britain -- History

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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 17, 2025.

Pages

E (page 49, line 672).Instead of lines 672-675, αβγ have the following:—

                  To londone he wende þo · mid wel gret route [wende þo] went þan βγ. wel] riȝt βγ.] 
                
                  & þer he nom his feþerhome · & heng him faste aboute [þer] om. γ. nom] toke βγ. feþerhome] feþerham βγ. heng] henge βγ. faste] fast βγ.] 
                
                  & þer hi bigan his fliȝt · & fley him swiþe an hey [fley him] flowe βγ. swiþe an hey] fer and hiȝe βγ.] 
                
                  Vp bi þe lofte fer · and þe wolkne was wel ney [Vp bi þe] Vppon βγ. wolkne] sky βγ. wel ney] riȝt nyȝe βγ.] 
                
                  Þe wynd com mid stormes · þo weþelede his feþeres [mid] with βγ. weþelede] welowed βγ.] 
                  Line 5 
                
                  Þe stringes þat helde þat gyn · for þe grete wederes
                
                  To borsten and þe king adoun · fel opon þe rof [To borsten] Al to braste β; Al to brake γ. opon] apon βγ.] 
                
                  Of appolines temple so · þat he alto drof [Of] Atte γ.] 
                
                  Appolines temple was · at londone in þat dawe [was] om. γ.] 
                
                  Vor þat was here maumet · in þat vlke lawe [maumet] mawment βγ. vlke] ilke βγ.] 
                  Line 10 
                
                  Þanne bladulf ded was · & hadde swiche endinge [swiche] suche βγ.] 
                
                  Þus was þo þis kinedom · bireued of þe kinge [þo] þan βγ. bireued] bireuede βγ.]