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.

And þe bissopriche of lincolne · & bi weste al þat lond · [& bi weste] bi west αβγ.] Þe king wule of þe march · adde al in his hond · [Þe king wule] That tyme þe kynge δ. wule] while α; som tyme B; somme tyme βγ. þe] om. βγ. in his] on is α.] Þe king of westsex adde þo · al wiltessire iwis · Line 115 & dorsete · & barcssire · þat a bissopriche his · [a] o Bαβγδ.] Þe bissoprich of salesburi · & al souþsex þer to · [al] om. αβγ. souþsex] Sousex γ. þer to] he hadde also B; ek þer to α; eke þer to βγ.] Þe welde · & al þe bissopriche · of chichestre al so · [al] om. αβγ. þe] om. γ. al so] þer to B; eke al so αβγ.] & souþhamtessire · & souþereye · þat on bissopriche · is · [souþhamtessire] souþhampschire B. souþereye] soþerey B; soþereiȝe α. on] o αβγδ.] Þe bissopriche of winchestre · þat ȝvt is þere iwis · [is] om. α.] Line 120

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& somersete þat to welles · þulke time drouȝ · [&] om. αβγ. þulke] þike B.] [folio 5a] & nou it is þe bissopriche of baþe · ȝe weteþ wel inoȝ · [&] om. αβγ. it] om. Bαβγδ. weteþ] wteþ A; wyteþ B; wete δ; whiteþ hit α; weteþ hit β; wetyth hyt γ.] Ȝvt adde þe king of west sex · al deuenessire iwis · [Ȝvt] Seþþe B.] & cornewaille · þat in þe bissopriche · of eccestre is · [þat] om. αβγ. eccestre] exetre B. is] þat is αβγ.] Þe king of kent was þo louerd · of al þe lond of kent · [was . . . lond] hadde (had β) þo in þe londe αβγ. louerd] kyng B; kynge δ. al þe] al þo B.] [Hearne page 6] Line 125 Þat were tvo bissopriches · & ȝvt nis it noȝt ivent · [Þat were] Þat γ; There were þo δ. bissopriches] bischopes B. nis] ys γδ. it] om. αβγ. ivent] y went B; ywent αδ; ywente βγ.] Þe bissopriche of kanterbury · þat of engelond is hext · [of engelond is hext] is noble & hey (hye β; hygh γ) αβγ.] & þe bissopriche of roucestre · þat in þe west side is next · [&] om. αβγ. side] om. αβγ. next] ney α; nye β; nygh γ.]
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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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