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.

Þat þer nas no god prince · ne king in none londe · [Þat] om. β. nas] was βδ. no] non B. none] no βδ.] [folio 100b] Þat ne wilnede enqueintaunse · of him ich vnderstonde · [Þat] That þei β. enqueintaunse] aqueyntaunce Cδ; aquointanse α; aqweyntise β.] Þe emperour of rome to him · in god loue iwis · [god] gode B. iwis] sente I wis β.] Line 6770 Obligede bi his messagers · alle þing þat was his · [Obligede] Obleged B; Oblyge C; And oblisched β. alle] al Bα.] Vor þat edmundes sone yrenside · þat his broþer was · [þat] om. BCαβδ. sone] sone myd C; loue δ. broþer] on broþer B.] Hadde ywedded is cosine · he was glad of þut cas · [ywedded] weddid γ. of þut] of þat B; vor þat α; for þat βδ.] & seint edward nei kun was · þe king of france al so · [nei kun was] neiȝe him β; neyghe him γ.] Þat ech þing clene þat is was · obliged him to · [Þat ech] Þat eche Bα; To eche γ. clene] om. δ. obliged] he obleged B; obligide α; oblisched β. to] also αδ.] Line 6775 So þat nas prince nour · þat at his wille nas · [nas] þer nas BCα; þer was βδ. nour] non Cα; none βδ. his] hit A. nas] al nas β.] Bote he one of denemarch · þat euere is fo was · [

he] þe C. one] alone β; allone γ.

In Cδ lines 6778-6843 are omitted here and inserted after line 7009.

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Seint edward vor al is god · debonere was ynou · [mores.] & nameliche to pouere men · to none prute he ne drou · [to none prute he ne] to prute he nout ne α; to pryde noȝt he β; to pruyd he noþing δ.] Reufol he was to nedi men · of is almes large & fre · [Reufol] Reuthful δ. nedi] neody B; nudiȝe α; nede β. almes] almesse Bγ.] Of more deuocion nomon · in chirche ne miȝte be · [Of . . . . no mon] Of his deuocioun no man more β. nomon] non man B. nomon in chirche ne miȝte] in chirche noman myght δ. ne] om. C.] He was selde iseie wroþ · ne in glotonie ne in prute · [iseie] sene γ. ne] om. Cαβδ. glotonie] gloteniȝe α. prute] pride γ.] Þei is tresour were ilore · þer of he tolde lute · [Omitted in δ. ilore] lorne γ. þer of . . . lute] he rowȝte but a litel β.] Line 6783
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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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