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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.

& aslawe biȝonde se · ar king henri ded were · [omitted in C.] [aslawe] slayn β; I sleyne ε. se] þe see β; þe se ε. king henri] oure kyng Harry ε.] 9136 So þat of þulke kunne · þer nas þo no fere · [omitted in C.] [kunne] kynde βε. nas . . . . fere] was no dowte ne fere βε. no] non B.] [S]Teuene þe bleis þat god kniȝt · & stalwarde was al so · [Hearne page 444] Þo þe king was ded is vncle · an oþer he þoȝte do · He vorȝet al þe stronge oþ · þat he adde biuore · [vorȝet] verȝet B.] [Hearne page 445] 9140 To þe emperesse & to henry · hire ȝonge sone isuore · [þe] om. B.] Ac wende vorþ hasteliche · to late him crouny anon · [wende] he wende B.] Þe heiemen of þe lond · helde wiþ him echon · Boþe bissopes & oþere · þat þe oþ suore al so er · [þe oþ] þane oþ C. al so] om. C.] A seinte steuenes day anon · þe croune verst he ber · [day] eue C.] & þe erchebissop of kanterbury · willam þat þo was · [kanterbury] cauntelbury C.] Sacred him as was riȝt · wel sunuolliche alas · [sacred] sacrede B. as was] as yt was B. sunuolliche] synuo|lyche B.] 9147 Vor he was þe verste · as riȝt was & wone · Þat holde oþes to þe emperesse · suor & to ire sone · [&] om. C.] Þeruore sone þerafter · wreche of god him com · [sone þerafter] þerafter sone BC. him] hem B; to hym C.] 9150 Vor in þe verste ȝer · is lif god binom · [in] wyþinne B; wt ine C.] & þe bissop roger of salesbury · after him suor anon · [Hearne page 446] & preched vaste þat folc · þen oþ to holde echon · [preched] prechede B. þen] þane C.] & þo was þe principal · þe sacringe vor to do · [þe] he B; he þe C.] [folio 131a] & vor ensample of hom · oþere encentede þer to · [encentede] ensented C.] 9155
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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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