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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.

Þe nexte ȝer þer after · þe amperesse mold · Wende out of þis liue · as þe boc aþ itold · [aþ] ous haþ C.] Þe king let crouni to kinge · an vif ȝer after þis · [king] om. C. to kinge] om. C.] Henri is eldoste sone · at westmunstre ywis · [eldoste] elduste C. westmunstre] westmyster C.] 9735 As endleue hundred ȝer of grace · & sixti & tene · [As] As in C.] & sixtene ȝer he was old · þo he was icrouned ich wene · [icrouned] ycrouned was C.] Þe erchebissop of euerwik · & þe bissop of londone · [euerwik] euewyk C.] & of salesbury him crounede · aȝen riȝt & wone · [& of . . . . aȝen] hym crouned & of salesbury aȝe C.] Vor þe erchebissop of canterburi · mid riȝte it ssolde do · 9740 Þo sein tomas it wuste · gret deol he nom him to · [Þo] Þe C. deol] del C.] Þat þe churche of kanterbury · in such vnriȝt was ibroȝt · He nolde vor to þolie deþ · leng þolie it noȝt · [þolie] þoly C. þolie it] hit þolye C.] He drou him toward engelond · to is martirdom · As godes kniȝt he bigan · þo he hider com · 9745 He amansede alle þulke · þat such vnriȝt adde ido · To þe churche of canterbury · & þe king icrouned so Þe þre bissopes wroþe were · & nome hom to rede · [wroþe] worþe A; wroþ C. nome] nom C.] & wende vorþ to normandie · & þe olde king it sede · [& wende] hi wende C.] Þe king was nei vor wraþþe wod · & sede ȝuf þat he · [wod] wode C.] 9750 Amanseþ alle þulke men · þanne amanseþ he me ·
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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 683
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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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