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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.

Vor þe emperesse was is soster · & he louede ire wel wel · [þe] om. B. he louede ire] heo louede hym B; he louede hym C. wel wel] vol wel B; ful wel C.] [Hearne page 448] & þe castel of caryl held on willam louel · [caryl] cary A (originally) B; cari C. held on willam] herd sire willam C.] & þe castel of lodelowe · held sire paynel · & sire roberd of lincolne · held of waram þe castel · & þe castel of donsterre · held sire willam de Moun · [held] om. B.] 9200 Þat þe priorie as ich wene · rerde of brentoun · [as] om. C. rerde] arerede C. brentoun] brutoun C; breutone B.] Eustas le fiz Ion held · þe castel of Miltone · [fiȝ] fy & B. held] hulde C. Miltone] meltone BC.] & þe castel of ssrofsburi · held willam aleines sone · [ssrofsburi] ssresbury B; schrowesbury C.] Alle þes were aȝen þe kinge · as veruorþ as hii couþe · [were aȝen] þe were aȝe C. veruorþ] verþuorþ B.] So þat he adde fon · bi norþe & bi souþe · [&] & eke C.] 9205 He bigan to be luþer inou · vor verst holichirche · He bigan to worri · & made him þe worse wurche · [&] þat B; & þat C. made] mad C.] Vor he wende to oxenford · & þo he þuder com · Þe bissop of salesbury · & of lincolne he nom · Þe bissop of Salsbury · he ladde mid gret wo · 9210 To þe castel of diuises · þat þe bissopes was þo · [diuises] dyuyses B; þe vyse C; dunses A.] An rop me dude aboute is nekke · he suor honge he ssolde · Anon bote he þe castel · anon vp him ȝolde · [þe] þane C. vp him] hym vp B.] Þe bissop him tok þe castel · þo oþer bote nas · [þe] þane C.] He nom þere al is tresour · þat wiþoute noumbre was · 9215
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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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Page 656
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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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