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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 þe ȝer of grace · an þousend & on & fourtiþe ȝere · [an] a BCγ; o α. fourtiþe] fourti αδ; fourty Cβ.] Þis king deide in aueril · moni glad mon was þere · [moni] many a Cδ; maniȝe α.] HArdeknout is broþer þo · þen wei sone nom · [þen] þane α; þe β. nom] name β.] 6660 Fram denemarch to engelond · & to sandwich com · [to] in to B. & to] & at C. com] came β.] Þoru þe baronie of engelond · & of denemarch al so · [þe baronie] Baronye β.] Ichose he was to be king · uor hii encentede þerto · [Ichose] Chose γ. to be king] to kynge β. encentede] assentede αβ; asentyde C.] Vor he adde somdel to engelond · More kunde þan þe oþer · [to] do α; of β. þan þe] than of the γ.] 6664 Vor he was in is moder half · seint edwardes broþer · [in] on αδ. moder] om. αβ. half] om. C.] Sone so he was king ymad · after is moder he sende · [Sone so] Sone þo Cα; As sone as β. ymad] ymaked α; made γ. moder] moþer α.] [reditus regine.] Þe quene emme to flaundres · & bigan hire stat amende · [Þe] om. β. to] in to β. amende] to amende β.] & huld hire uaire as riȝt was · is moder & quene al so · [Hearne page 326] Ac þis hardeknout nas king · noȝt folliche ȝeres tuo · [nas] was β.] Vor þer failede of ten dawes · þat he ne deide ywis · [Vor þer] And there γ. ten dawes] daies ten β. deide] deyde of B.] [obitus.] At lamhuþe he was ded · & ybured he was & is · [lamhuþe] Cα; lambheþe β; lamhupe AB. ybured he] buried β.] 6671 At seint suithines at winchestre · bi is fader þat liþ þere · [fader] faþer α.] Kinges of denemarch · in þis manere were · [in þis] in þisse C; on þisse α; on þis β. were] ywere α; wise here β.]
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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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