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.

Cunedag was þo one · & þat lond to him nom · [Cunedag] Cunegag α; Cunedak γ. þo one] þo al one kyng B; þo one king α; þo one kynge δ; þan one kyng βγ. þat lond] þe kyn|dom B. þat] om. γ.] & nobliche þre & þritti ȝer · huld þis kinedom · [nobliche] nobleliche α; wel δ. huld] held B; helde βγ. þis] þe B.] Þe tweie holi prophetes · were ose & ysaye · [Þe tweie . . . were] Þo (Thanne βγ) were þer tweiȝe (two βγ) pro|phetes αβγ.] Þulke time in israhel · & dude hor prophecie · [israhel] irael B.] Romulus & remeus · þe tweie breþern iwis · [Romulus] Ronulus γ. remeus] remus Bα; Renus γ. þe] þeo α; þan βγ. tweie] twei B; tweiȝe α; two βγ.] Line 895 Bigonne þo verst rome · þat noble cite is · [noble] a noble δ.] Four hondred ȝer it was · & fourtene also · [fourtene] fourti euene B; fourtene ȝeer (yeere γ) βγ.] After þe bataile of troye · þat þis was al ido · [þis was al] al þis was Bαβγδ.] & rome was vif hondred · þus imad bifore · [rome . . . þus] Rome fyue hundred ȝere was δ. hondred] hundred ȝer (ȝeer β; yeere γ) Bαβγ. bifore] by forn βγ.] & þre & vifti ȝer ek · ar god were ibore · [ar] are α; er B; or βγ; ere þat δ. were] was δ. ibore] yborn βγ.] Line 900 After þis king kunedag · his sone þat het riual · [þis] Bαβγ; þys δ; his A. het] hatte B; hiȝt βγ. riual] Rynal βγ; Riualle δ.]

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King was imad after him · wisman þoru out al · [imad] mad B; ymaked α; made βγ; þo ymade δ. after him] om. δ. wisman] a wys mon B; a wysman α; a wise man β a wyse man γδ. þoru out al] þorȝ out al B; wt alle δ. 903, 904 omitted in αβγδ. See Appendix, note G.] [folio 18b] After him gurgust is sone · & suþþe anoþer sicille · [Hearne page 39] & monion suþþe afterward · of wan we mote be stille · [wan] wam B. we] om. B.]
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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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