Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse

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 turnde him to cristendom · & þe contreye al so · [& þe] & α.] Sebriȝt & þe king of kent · þo al þis was ydo · [Sebriȝt] Segbriȝt α; Segbryȝt ε; Segbright γ.] [leuacio ecclesie Sancti pauli.] At londone of seint poul · an heued chirche gonne arere · [londone] london C. an] om. α; þe β. heued] heed βε. gonne] gan β; þei ganne ε. arere] ACγε; rere Bαβ.] Þat ȝut is & seint Mellit · bissop made þere · [is] þer ys δ. &] & of β. made] þei made.] [Mellit epi|scopus.] Þus com lo cristendom · aȝen in to þis londe · [lo] þe β; om. ε. aȝen] furst αβ; first ε. in to] vnto δ. londe] lond C.] 4775 Among þe heþene saxons · as ich vnder stonde · Ac among þe brutons in walis · was euere cristendom · Suþþe it verst þoru þe king · lucye hider com · [prima christiani|tas lucye.] & þat was biuore þis tyme · vour hundred ȝer · [biuore] a fore ε. þis] þulke B.] & aboute & foure & tuenti · as we abbeþ ywrite er · [& aboute . . . . tuenti] & twenti ȝer & foure α; And twenty ȝeer & foure βε; And twenti ȝere & foure δ. &] An B. & foure &] an four & B; an foure an C. abbeþ] haue ε. ywrite] ywriten αβ; wreten δ; y wrytten ε. er] here βδε.] Þe pope eleuthery þat sende · verst hider cristin|dom · [Þe] Þat þe αβδε. eleuthery] euleuthery C; eleutheriȝe α; Eleutherie δ. þat . . . . hider] hider sende α; hider sent βε; first sent δ.] 4781 Was þe þretteþe pope þat after · seinte peter com · [Was] He was αβδε. þretteþe] þrytteþe C; þritteneþ β. seinte] om. αβδε.] Þe deciples þat he hider sende · cristendom to bringe · [deciples] desciples α; discipules γ. sende] sent ε.] [Glasting|bury.] Bileuede in an wildernesse · after hor prechinge · [Bileuede] Bilefde α; Dwelled ε. an] a BCε; one αβ; on δ.] Þat me clupeþ nou glastingbury · þat desert was þo · [me clupeþ] men calleþ β; men callen γ. glastingbury] glastyn|bury B.] & þere hii bigonne monekes · & nome to hom mo · [þere hii bigonne] þey bycome þere δ. hii] om. αβε. bigonne] bycome Bβε; bi come Cα. nome] toke βδε.] [leuacio prime ec|clesie.]
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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 337
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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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