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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.

He acorsede alle þulke men · þat he adde uorþ ibrouȝt · [acorsede] acursed C.] [folio 139a] Þat of an false preste ne abbe eke him nouȝt · [preste ne abbe eke] prest nolde a wrekye C. eke] probably an error for ywreke.] Þat word he sede ofte · in hastinesse ywis · [Hearne page 475] Foure of þe deueles limes · is kniȝtes hurde þis · 9755 Sire Reinaud le fiȝ ours · sire roger brut al so · [fiȝ ours] fis ours C.] Sire hue de moruile · sir willam traci þer to · Hii nome hom to rede · & uor to paye is wille · [nome] nom C.] Wende uorþ to engelond · hasteliche & stille · Þo þe king com to is mete · & is kniȝtes mid him were · 9760 He bihuld & nuste · þulke foure þere · Is herte him ȝef anon · wuderward hii wende · [wuderward] whodeward C.] In anguisse & sor ynou · after hom he sende · [anguisse & sor] anguys & sore C.] Toward þe se hasteliche · þat hii come aȝe · Ar þe messager come · hii were in þe se · [were] were fer C.] 9765 Hii wende hom vorþ to kanterburi · & in þe churche riȝt · [hom vorþ] forþ C.] Hii martreden sein tomas · an tiwesday at niȝt · [martreden] martryd C.] Þis godeman sat adoun akne · & is heued buyede adoun · & wel softe as some hurde · sede þis orison · God & seinte marie · & sein denis al so · 9770 & alle þe avowes of þis churche · in was ore ich am ido · Ich bitake min soule · & holi churche riȝte · Ȝut he bed vor holi churche · þo he nadde oþer miȝte · Sir reinaud le fiȝ ours · mest ssrewe of echon · Vor to smite þis holi man · is suerd drou anon · 9775
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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 684
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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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