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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.

Kinges here of þis lond · kinges ech after oþer · [here of] haue ben on β. kinges] om. B; ryȝt þus β.] Þe sone verst after þe fader · þe·broþer after þe broþer · [verst after] next aftir β. after] next aftir β. þe broþer] þen oþer C.] & engelond was out of kunde · six & tuenti ȝer · [& engelond was] And þus was Englonde β.] In pine & worre & sorwe inou · as seint dunston bi het er · [pine & worre] worre & pyne BCα; werre & peyne β. sorwe] wo β. bi het] seide αβ.] 6677 Ac þo þis þre kinges · were ded · of denemarch þer nere · [were ded] ded were C.] Bileued nammo in engelond · þat of þe kunde were · [Bileued] Byleuede B; Bilefd α. nammo] namon B. nammo in engelond] in Englonde no mo β. of þe] of that γ.] Þo moste it nede come aȝen · to þe riȝt eir of kunde · Þe holimon seint edward · þat euere worþ in munde · [Þe] To þe β. worþ] woruþ C; schal be β.] Vor aldred is eldore broþer · was arst aslawe here · [aldred] alfred αβ. eldore] vldere α. arst] ars C. aslawe] slayne γ.] Wiþ treson in engelond · icholle telle in wuch manere · [icholle] ich wole α; I wole ȝow β; I wol you γ. in wuch] in whuche α; on what β.] A time to speke mid is moder · to engelond he com · [A time] om. αβ. he com] ase he com α; as he came β; as he come γ.] & gret folc of normandie · wiþ him hider nom · [him] hem γ. hider] he hidere α; he hider β. nom] he nome B; he nom C; name β nome γ.] [Occisio aldredi.] 6685 & þe ualse erl of engelond · godwine was is name · Þat euere adde wiþ treson · þis londe ydo ssame · [treson] gret tresoun β. þis londe ydo] doun Englonde β. ssame] gret schame α; muche schame β.] An doȝter he adde god · he þoȝte he wolde fonde · [An] And B; One α; O γ. doȝter] dorter B. god] þat was goode β.] [folio 99b] To make hire ȝut ȝif he miȝte · quene of engelonde · [To make] Make BC; Makiȝe α. ȝut] om. αβ. quene] be quene α; to be quene 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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