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.

Þo edwolf & þe deneys · wuste hom so bileue · [wuste] wiste α; wist γ; wyst δ. so] om. Cε; þere so δ. bileue] be hynde ε.] [bellum. occisio edwolf.] To hom hii smite anon · & batayle hom ȝeue · [smite] smete C; smote β. anon] þer anon α; þer anone β; þer a noon ε. & batayle hom ȝeue] batelle in þat stedde ε. hom] hi hom C.] Þe kenteys stode vaste aȝen · & þe king edwolf slowe · [kenteys] Kent ers B; kenteys men α; kentische men β; kentyssh|men γ; kentysche men δ; kentysshe men ε. stode] stod α. slowe] þei slouȝ β; þei slowe ε.] Heye & lowe þer were aslawe · in eyþer alf ynowe · [þer were . . . . alf] in eiþer half þer were aslawe C. aslawe] slayne γ; y sleyne ε. alf] halfe α; side β.] King edward þe niþe ȝer · of is kinedom · [niþe] nynþe βδε; nynteth γ.] Line 5460 Þe castel made of hereford · & to god ende com · [& to] þat to αβε. god] gode B; goude C.]

· Edward · · Aþe[l]ston · [folio 84a]

Þe ȝer þerafter þe deneys · wende · fram leycestre to norhamtone · [þerafter] after αβδε. þe deneys wende] wende þe deneys α; went þe Danys β; wente þe danys ε. to] & C. norhamtone] norþham|tone BCα; Norþhampton βε; Northampton γ.] [Occisio ad hogenor|tone.] Toward oxenford vaste · & at hogenortone · [oxenford] oxenforde α. at] om. C. hogenortone] hogenorte B; hogge Norton δ.] Slowe moche volc ynou · & in þe contreye aboute · [Slowe] Thei slowe ε. ynou] þo δ; om. ε.] [Hearne page 270] Atte laste þe contreye folc · com mid gret route · & driue hom al to noȝte · & hor preye nom · [driue] to dryue B; to dreue C; drof δ; drove γε. noȝte] naut C; nauȝte α. preye] preyeȝ γ. nom] hem bynom B; hom by nom C; ham binom α; hem by nome βδε.] Line 5466 Suþþe in þe endlefte ȝer · of þe kinedom · [Suþþe] Setthen δ. endlefte] enlefþe α; elleuene β; Elleuenthe δ; eleuenþe ε. þe] þe kynges BCβ; þe kinges α; þe kyngs δ; þe kyngges ε.]
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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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