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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.

& al þe contreie aboute · & to þe toune riȝt · [& to] to B; in to Cαβδ.] Ac hii founde in þe toun · mony a god kniȝt · [mony a] maniȝe o α.] [sanctus wulstanus.] Vor þe bissop of wurcestere · þat þo was seint wulston · [wurcestere] wirecestre α; Wynchestre γ. þo was] was þo B. wulston] wolston Cα.] In þe castel was of wurcestre · & bissopes monion · [was of wurcestre] of wirecestre was α; of Worscheter was β; of Worcestre was γ. bissopes] knyȝtes BC; knites α; knyȝttes β; knyghtis δ.] Sein wulston cride on god · to ssulde hom fram hor fon · [god] gode α. ssulde] schelde β.] [folio 115a] [Hearne page 386] 7916 Þe kniȝtes wel iarmed · wende hom out anon · [iarmed] armed γ. anon] echon α; echone β.] & þoru bone of sein wolston · & þoru godes grace · [bone] bede α; prayere β. godes] om. β.] Hii slowe & ouercome · vif þousend in þe place · [in þe] in þat β.] A uerde þer was binorþe · þat robbede al so uaste · [A uerde] A uarde B; O ferde α; Oo fere β; Oo fyre γ; An oste δ. þat] þat þei β.] Þe contreye of norþhumberlond · & þe tounes adoun caste · [& þe] & αβ.] 7921 An oþer þer was more souþ · þat leicestre ssire · [An] On α. þer] om. C. þat] þat was Cαβδ.] Robbede & destruede · & norþhamtessire · [& norþhamtessire] & al norþhampschyre C; & al norhampte schire α; al Norþhamptschire β; & Norhampton schyre δ.] So þat engelond was · vol of eche wrechede · [eche] euery δ. wrechede] wrechedhede β.] & to soþe com þat seint edward · biuore is deþe sede · [&] om. αβ. com] ycome δ. biuore] afore β.] 7925 Þe bissop ode þat was · of þis wowe cheuentein · [ode] eode C. was] þo was α; þan was β. cheuentein] cheueteyn C.] In kent was & robbede · þere mid al is mayn ·
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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 569
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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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