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.

                                
                                  Þe kinedom þo of þe march · king edward to him nom · [þo of] om. γ.] 
                                
                                  As in þe sixe & tuentiþe ȝere · of is owe kinedom · [As] & αβε. tuentiþe] tuentye B; twenti Cα; twenty βε; twentie δ. owe] om. Bαβε.] 
                                
                                  King edward adde þre sones · þe eldost aþelston · [eldost] eldoste B; vldest α. aþelston] Adelston α; Adelstone γ.]  [iij filij ed|wardi.] 
                                
                                  & edmund & eldred · þat kinges were echon · [See Appendix, Note DD.] 
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                                  & suþþe he deyde at farendone · as god ȝef þat cas · [suþþe he deyde] he deied sithe β; he deyeth sythe γ; he dyed siþþe ε. farendone] farndone B; farindone α; Faryndon γ; ffaryngdon ε.]  [obitus edwardi.] 
                                
                                  & in þe munstre at winchestre · bi is fader ybured was · [in] om. γ. þe] om. B. munstre] mustre B; mynystre C. at] of αβδε. ybured] he buried β; buryed he γ; he beryed ε.] 
                                
                                  Aþelston was þo king · þat was edwardes sone · [Aþelston] Adelston αγ.] 
                                
                                  & þoru þe heymen of þe lond · ycrouned at kinges|tone · [þoru þe] þoru C. heymen] heye men B; heiȝe men α. ycrouned] crowned γ; he y crowned was ε.] 
                                
                                  In þe nyen hundred ȝer & four & tuenty · of grace ycrouned he was · [In þe] om. B. þe nyen] þe nyȝe α; nynþe β; nyne γ ȝer] ȝer of grace Bα; ȝere of grace β; ȝeer of grace ε. ȝer & four & tuenty] & xxiiijti ȝere δ. of grace] om. Bαβε. ycrouned he] crowned he δ; hit αβε.] 
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                                  & bote aboute vourtene ȝer · king þer after he nas · [&] om. γ. bote aboute] aboute B; bote α; bot δ; but βε. vourtene] an fourtyne B; an vourtene C; a fourtene δ; ane viftene α; a fiftene β; fyftene ε. ȝer] yere fully γ. king þer after] king after þan αε; kynge aftir þanne β; after kynge δ. nas] was Bε.] 
                                
                                  Holi chirche he louede wel · & rerde manyon · [Holi] Holiȝe α. manyon] maniȝe on α.] 
                                
                                  Þe verste ȝer of is kinedom · ybore was seint dun|ston · [Þe] & þe αβε. ybore] borne γ. dunston] donston α.]  [ortus sancti dun|stani.]

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Title: 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.
Author: Robert, of Gloucester, fl. 1260-1300.
Canvas: Page 400
Publication: London,: Printed for H. M. Stationery off., by Eyre and Spottiswoode,; 1887.
Subject terms: English language -- Dialects -- England; English language; Great Britain -- History

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