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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.

Þis was in þe ȝer of grace · six hundred ȝer ywis · [Þis] That δ.] & aboute vour & þritti · þat ydo was al þis · [vour] an foure B; a foure δ. þritti] þritti ȝer α; þritty ȝeer β; thirty yere γ; thretty ȝere δ; þirtty ȝeer ε. þat] om. αβε. ydo] do β.] Seint birin þe bissop · an holimon was · [birin] berin α; Burine β. was] þat was αβδε.] [Aduentus sancti birini.] Þat in to þis lond · þoru þe pope · honory ysend was · [Þat in] om. αβδε. þe] om. βε. honory] hono α; hider β; lyon ε. ysend] sente β; y sente ε.] 4955 To turne þe king of west sex · kingilf to cristen|dom · [þe] om. B. kingilf] kyngyls B; kyngils C; kingils δ; kyndely ε. kingilf to cristendom] into this londe he come γ.] & þat lond of west sex · in to þis lond he com · [& . . . . west sex] And so in þe Countree of Westsex he preched ε. þat] eke the γ. in to . . . . com] in to cristendome γ; & in to þis lond come ε.] Sein birin him to cristendom · turnde þoru godes grace · [birin] berin α. him . . . . turnde] to cristendome him turned ε.] [conuercio regis.] & as god wolde seint oswald · was in þulke place · [þulke] þat ε.] & of þe holi vantston · þis grete king nom · [of] at ε. þe] om. B. vantston] fantston Cβ; fonston α. þis] to þis ε. nom] he nome ε.] 4960 & is godfader was · in is cristendom · [is godfader was] was his godfader ε. in] on αδ.] Seint oswald & þis oþer king · þoru vre louerdes grace · [oþer] om. C. louerdes] lordes ε.] Purueyde seint birin · to is wille an place · [Purueyde] Puruayed for ε. birin] berin α. an] o α; a γ.] Þat dercchestre is ycluped · þat biside oxenford is · [Þat] At ε. dercchestre] dorcchester B; derchestre α; Dorchestre ε. is ycluped] is icleped α; is clepid β; whiche is y cleped ε.] As in þe estesouþ · an seue mile ywis · [As] Alle ase α; Al as βε; Alle δ. estesouþ] souþest C. an] om. αβδε. seue] seuene βε.] 4965
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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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