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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.

Þere sein birin bissop was · þe uerste þat was ywis · [sein] seint α; seynt βε. birin] berin α. verste] vorste B (& passim).] Vor þe se was þere of bissop þo · þat at lincolne nou is · [se] sce B; ce C; see βδ; Cee ε. was . . . . þo] þat þer was þo αδ; þat þer was þan β; þat þere was þo ε. þat] om. δε. þat at . . . . is] lincolne nou heo is α; lyncoln nowe hit is β. is] hit is ε.] Þere he deyde & þere he lay · vorte suþþe þer after longe · [vorte] vort α; vn to β; for tyl ε. suþþe] hit was ε.] [folio 76b] Þat he was to winchestere ylad · as he ȝut is uaire auonge · [Þat] om. αβδ. ylad] ladde β. as] & ε. he ȝut is] ys ȝut B; is ȝut α; is ȝit β; ys ȝytte δ. uaire] om. αβδ; þer ε.] Cadwal king of brutons · worred euere uaste · [worred] worrede Bα. euere] euere more C.] [Hearne page 249] 4970 & penda vpe seint oswald · vorte suþþe atte laste · [vpe] vpon α; apon β; on γ; vppon ε. vorte] vorto α; vn to β; fort δ; for tyl ε. suþþe] om. ε.] [Occisio sancti oswaldi.] Þat at þe toun of mersfeld · binorþe baþe hii come · [at þe toun] vpon þe doune α; vpon þe downe β; at þe downe δ; vppon þe downe ε. mersfeld] mersueld B; marsfeld C; marsfelde αβε; Merschfelde δ. binorþe] by fore δ. baþe] Baaþ ε.] Seint oswald & þe duc penda · an bataile nome · [þe duc] kynge δ. an] & BC; ase hi α; as þei βε.] Penda þere þe luþer duc · in batayle slou · [Penda þere] Þer penda αβ; Thare Penda δ; There Penda ε. in batayle] seint oswald α; seynt Oswalde βε. slou] aslou α; he slowe β; slowe ε.] & Martrede seint oswald · & al is body to drou · [seint oswald] þane godeman α; þat good man βε. al] om. αβδε. to drou] drowe ε.] & mony a þousend of is men · aslawe ek þer were · [Omitted in γ. &] om. ε. a] om. BCαβδε. aslawe] slayn β; I sleyne ε. ek] also β.] 4976 Þis was of þe ȝer of grace · In þe six hundred ȝere · [of] in δε. ȝer] time α; tyme βε. In þe] in B; & in þe α.]
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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.
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Robert, of Gloucester, fl. 1260-1300.
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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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