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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Bissopriches & chirches · clerkes he ȝef some · [&] om. αβδ. clerkes] and chekkeris δ. ȝef] yaue γ.] & castles & tounes · kniȝtes þat were ycome · [& castles] Castles αβδ. kniȝtes] to knyghtis δ. þat . . . . ycome] þat þe pley begonne δ. were] were þuder α; were þider β.] Sein dauit was þe kinges vncle · him he ȝef aday · [dauit] dauid Bα. him he ȝef] him ȝe ȝaf α; he ȝaf him δ. aday] þat daye δ.] [Sanctus dauid,] Þe erchebissopriche of karleon · as he him wel by say · [erchebissopriche] bisschopriche α; Bischopryche β; byschoprich δ. he] om. β. him] om. Bαβδ.] Vor he was suiþe holyman · & an munstre he let rere · [suiþe] ryȝt β; right an γ; ryght an δ. an] om. B; þe αβδ. munstre] Monasterie δ. he] om. B. rere] arere δ.] Þat me clupeþ in walis sein dauid · & ȝut he liþ þere · [me clupeþ] me clepuþ B; hatte α; hat δ; hyȝt β; highte γ. he liþ] he ligget α; liggeþ β.] Þe bissopriche of wincestre · a god mon he ȝef þo · [a] o αβ; oo γ; to a δ.] [Hearne page 193] Of chichestre an oþer · & ȝut oþer mo · [anoþer] ek on oþer α; eke anoþer β; eke to anoþere δ. & ȝut] ȝyt he ȝaf δ. oþer] oþere α.] Þe wule þe king & is men · aboute þis nobleye were · [wule þe] while þat þe δ. þe king] þing Arthur α; kynge Arthure β.] [nuncii romani.] Þer come in tuelf olde men · wiþ euene pas þere · [come] comen α. wiþ] mid α; myd B.] Men of wel vair semblant · & branches hii bere · [Men] Hi were α; Thei were β; They were δ. wel] ryȝt β; om. δ.] Of oliue as in signe · þat hii aȝen pays nere · [þat] om. β. hi aȝen pays] aȝe þe pes hi α; aȝen þe pees þei β. aȝen] of B. pays] pes α; þe pes δ. nere] were B.] Line 3986 A lettre hii toke þe kinge · þat þo he hit let rede · [A lettre] Lettres α; Letteres β; Letters γ; Lettrys δ. hii toke] he toc B. hit] ham α; hem βδ. let] lete αβδ.] Fram þe senatour of rome · hii come & þus sede · [þus] þys B.] [litere.]
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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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