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.

Aboute heruest þis deneis · as rotes arnde · [heruest] þe heruest δ. rotes] roters Bδ; rotours C; rotors α; robbers β. arnde] ernede δ; went β.] [predacio.] Bi chilterne & to oxenford · & þen toun barnde · [chilterne] α; chylterne B; chiltarn C; chilterme A. & to] to Bα; and γ. þen] þane α; þat βδ. barnde] hi barnde α; þei brent β; þey barned δ.] Þo wende hii vorþ of denemarch · & robbede al est sex · [Þo] So α. of] to γ. robbede] robbed B.] [Hearne page 298] & grantebruggessire & estangle · & al so middelsex · [grantebruggessire] gutebruggessyre B; grantebrugge α; graunt|burge β; grauntbrugg γ.] Bokinghamssire & oxenfordssire · & hertfordssire al so · [&] om. C. oxenfordssire] oxeneford α; Oxenforde β. hert|fordssire] herfordschire C; herefordeschire α; herforde schire β; hert|fortschire δ.] Line 6036 Bedeuord ssire & haluendel · hontindone ssire þer to · [haluendel] haluenden γ.] Norþhamtone & bisouþe · temese barcssire · [Norþhamtone] Norþhamtessyre B; Norþhampteschire C; Nor|hampte schire α; Northe haptschire β; Northamptonshire γ; Nor|hampschyre δ. temese] temese & αβδ.] & soþereye & souþsex · & souþhamtessire · [& souþhamtessire] & also souþhampteschire αβ.] & muchedel of wiltessire · & þo al þis was ydo · [& muchedel] An mucheldel B; And mucheldel γ.] Line 6040 Hii drowe hom toward kanterbury · to robbi þere al so · [hom] om. δ. robbi] Cα; robb A; robby B; rebbe γ.] [Obsessio kanter|burie.] In þe a þousend ȝer of grace · & endlefte þer to · [a] om. Bγδ. þousend] þousund C. endlefte] endlofte A (later hand); endleuene B; elleuene δ; enlefþe ȝer α; þe elleueþ ȝere β.] Þis folc com to kanterbury · robberye to do · [robberye] robbory C. to] for to δ.] Bituene vre leuedi day þe late · & misselmasse day · [vre] hour B. leuedi] leuede B; lady αβ. late] latere BCαβ later δ. misselmasse] myelmasse B; mychelmasse C; seint Micheles α; seynt Michaelys; seint Micheles δ. day] daiȝe α.] Þis folc bisette kaunterbury · & uaste it bi lay · [kaunterbury] cauntebury C. it] om. BC; þane toun α; þat toune β; þat toun δ. bi lay] bilayȝe α; bylaye δ.] Line 6045
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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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