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.

Al biȝonde humber · and Scotlond þat was his [Scocie.] Albaniȝe he hit clepede · after his name ywis [Albaniȝe] Albany βγ. clepede] callid βγ.] Locryn þat was vldest · hadde sumdel þat beste [Locryn] Lokerin βγ. vldest] eldest βγ. þat beste] þe best βγ.] [[Prim]us rex Anglie.] 5 Al out þat lond bitwene · fram est into þe weste [lond] londe βγ. weste] west βγ.] Al þis lond het Loegre · after locrynes name [lond] londe βγ. het] hiȝt βγ. Loegre] logre βγ.] Hit was wel þat beste · þer of nas no blame [Hit was wel] Lo it was wel β. þat beste] þe best βγ. nas no] was he not to βγ.]

C (page 47, line 651).

Instead of line 651, αβγ have the following:—

And Alud he makede ek · & so maidenes castel [makede ek] made also βγ. so] om. βγ.] Þe castel of edeneboreu · þat nou ycleped is [edeneboreu] Edenborgh βγ. ycleped] callid βγ.] Þe castel of mount dolerous · he makede ek ywis [dolerous] dolours βγ. makede ek] made also γ.] Þo was prophete nathan · & of israel was king [Þo was] Than þe βγ. & of israel was] of Israel he was βγ. king] kynde γ.] Dauid & makede þe sauter · þat com to god ending [makede] made βγ.] 5

D. (page 48, line 659).

After line 659 are inserted in αβγ the following:—

Opon þe mount palidour · he makede after þis [Opon] Apon βγ. makede] made βγ.] O castel þat chasterbury · nouþe ycleped is [nouþe] now βγ. ycleped] callid βγ.] And ȝut he made on oþer · þat Septone het ek [ȝut] ȝit βγ. on] an βγ. het] hiȝt βγ. ek] eke βγ.] Þo me makede þe fundement · of prophecie on ern spek [þo me makede] When men made βγ. ern] Erle βγ. spek] speke βγ.]

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Title: 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.
Author: Robert, of Gloucester, fl. 1260-1300.
Canvas: Page 781
Publication: London,: Printed for H. M. Stationery off., by Eyre and Spottiswoode,; 1887.
Subject terms: English language -- Dialects -- England; English language; Great Britain -- History

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Collection: Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse
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Full citation: "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." In the digital collection Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/ahb1378.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 6, 2025.