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.

As vor voweson of churche · weþer ssolde þe churche ȝiue · [voweson] foweson C. ȝiue] ȝeue C.] Þe king wolde þat in is court · þe ple ssolde be driue · [ple] plai C. driue] a dryue C.]

· Thomas · [folio 138a]

Vor as muche as a lewed man · þat þe o partie was · [a lewed man] leudeman C.] Line 9680 Clanliche was vnder þe king · & vnder no bissop nas · An oþer was þat no bissop · ne clerc naþemo · [ne clerc] ne no clerke C.] [Hearne page 472] Ne ssolde wiþoute kinges leue · out of þis lond go · [þis lond] engelond C.] & þanne hii ssolde suerie · vpe þe bok ywis · [suerie] swerye hore oþ C.] Þat hii ne ssolde purchasy non uvel · þe king ne non of his · [þe king] to þe kyng C.] Line 9685 Þe þridde was ȝuf eni man · in mansinge were ibrouȝt · & suþþe come to amendement · ne aȝe riȝte nere noȝt · [come] com C. ne aȝe] & aȝe C.] Þat he ne suore nouȝt upe þe boc · ac borewes finde ssolde · To stonde to þat holichirche · þer of him loky wolde · [þat] al þat C. þer of] myd ryȝt C.] Þe verþe was þat no man · þat of þe kinge hulde ouȝt · [kinge] kynde C.] Line 9690 In chef oþer in eni seruise · in mansinge nere ibroȝt · [eni seruise] seruyse eny C. nere] were C.] Bote þe wardeins of holichirche · þat broȝte him þer to · Þe king sede oþer is bailifs · wat he adde misdo ·
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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
English language
Great Britain -- History

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