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.

Þere he huld him in þe toun · mid muche sorwe & sore · [muche] muchel γ.] Þat of al is lond of engelond · he nadde an vot more · [is lond of] om. αβδ. nadde] hadde β. an vot] o fot α; o foot δ; no fote β; fote no γ.] Þe ȝates he made vaste · & wuste him wiþinne · [wuste] wiste C; kept β; kepte δ.] Line 6120 His fon asailed þene toun · wiþ oute mid al hor ginne · [asailed] asaylede Bα. þene] þane α; þat βδ; þe C. al] om. αβ. hor] his C.] Atte laste þis king aildred · as in al þis strif · [Atte] At þe α. þis] þe C; om. αβ. aildred] aeldred α. al] alle αδ. þis] his C; om. αβδ. strif] stryue Bαβδ.] [obitus regis.] In a seint gregories day · wende out of þis lif · [In] On βδ. a] an B; o α. þis lif] þys lyue B; his lyue αβ.] As in þe ȝer of grace · a þousend & sixteþe · [a] o α. þousend] þousund C.] Line 6124 Febleliche he liuede al is lif · & deyde in feble deþe · [al] om. αβδ. is] in β.]

· Edmund iren side · [folio 92b]

In such sorwe he was king · seuene & þritti ȝer · [such] suche B.] He adde moni a sori day · & mochel anguisse her · [He adde . . . . her] He was ibured at londone at seinte poules & liþ þer α; He was buried at londoun at seynt Poules & lieþ þere β. a] an B. her] er B; ere δ.] & for wreche of is broþer deþ · al such sorwe him com · [broþer] broþeres Cβ. al] om. β; to al δ. him] to hym B; he δ.] Þat lute ioye he adde al is lif · of is kinedom · [lute] litel Cγ. ioye] ioiȝe α. he adde] hadde αβ. al] on α; in β; of δ. of] & eke of δ.] EDmond yren syde · king aildredes sone · [yren syde] yrenesyde Bα. king] þat was king α; þat was kynge β; þat was kynges γ.] [Hearne page 302] Line 6130 So god kniȝt of bodie was · þat he worþ longe in mone · [god] gode B. of bodie was] was of bodiȝe α; was of bodi Cβ; was of bodye δ. he worþ longe] longe worþ B; worþ longe α; woruþ longe C; longe schal be β.]
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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
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Great Britain -- History

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