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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.

Þo bed he on sire baldewine · þat folc ariȝt rede · [on] one B. sire] om. C.] [concilium populo.] Vor he spec wel & couþe al so · & he þes wordes sede · Louerdinges jȝe wute wel · þat wo so wole do such þing · [Louerdinges] lorlynges C. jȝe] ȝe BC. wute] wyte B; wyteþ C. wole do] wolde B.] 9360 Þre þinges he mot bi se · atte biginning · Verst þe riȝte of is cause · & suþþe þe nombre al so · Of is men & suþþe þenche · hor prowesse þer to · Riȝt of men þat peril · of þe soule me ne se · [þe] om. C.] Þe noumbre þat vor defaute · hor fon aboue ne be · Of prowesse me mot take gome · þat me bineþe ne go · [mot take gome] mote loke C. me] wei C.] 9366 Vor pur meseise & vor hope · þat þer beþ mo · [meseise] flebesse (sic) C.] Þes þre þinges beþ mid vs · vor þe riȝte al oure is · Wanne we abbeþ isuore holde oþes · to þe king ywis · [holde] olde C.] Riȝt is aȝen is vorsuorene · þat we wiþ him gon · [is aȝen] as aȝen C. vorsuorene] versuorye B.] [Hearne page 457] 9370 Vr noumbre is ek of oure men · as muche as vor vr fon · [vor] of BC.] Þe prowesse of þis noblemen · wo miȝte telle mid mouþe · Þat in armes iproued beþ · binorþe & bisouþe · [&] & eke C.] Þe prowesse verst of oure king · is as wiþoute ende · [verst] om. B.] Vor setteþ him one hardeliche · aȝen an hondred to wende · [hardeliche] baldelyche BC.] 9375 & wanne vr lige louerd · þat yeled is · [yeled] yheled B; iȝelde C.] & ismered to ihesu crist · þat such bodi non nis ·
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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 664
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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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