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.

& worre hom bituene · vor þe king of fraunce · Cudde vpe þe king of engelond · gret destourbance · [Cudde . . . . engelond] Vp þe kynges lond of engelond dude C.] & richard þe kinges sone · þat so god kniȝt was · Line 9890 Aȝen is fader turnde · to þe king of france alas · & dude him omage anon · alas alas þe stounde · [Hearne page 481] & fondede mid worre · to bringe is fader to grounde · Þe olde man in normandie · worrede aȝen hom vaste · & slou & barnde vp is fon · þe wule is lif ilaste · [wule] while C.]

· Ricardus rex · [folio 141a]

Ac he deide in þe worre sone · in anguisse & in pine · Line 9896 As endleue hundred ȝer of grace · & eiȝteti & nine · [As] As in C. eiȝteti] eiteti C.] Þe sixte day of Iul he deide · & mid gret onour & prute · [mid] wt C. prute] prude C.] At founte ebraud he was ibured · as he liþ ȝute · [founte ebraud] fount ebraud C. as he liþ] & þar he liþ C.] Ac gefray erl of brutaine · is sone þre ȝer biuore · Deide þat bituene richard · & king Ion was ibore · & bileuede bihinde him · is sone þat het arþure · & is doȝter elianore · as ȝe ssolle her after ihure · [ssolle] schulle C.] [R] Ichard king henries sone · to engelonde com · [henries] henri C. engelonde] engelond C.] [Hearne page 484] And after is fader deþe · aueng þe kinedom · [fader] faderes C. kinedom] kyngdom C.] Line 9905 Þe verþe day of septembre · he let him crouny iwis · At westmunstre hasteliche · as þe riȝte crouninge is · [westmunstre] Westmyster C. riȝte crouninge] ryȝt crouny C.] Of þe erchebissop of kanterbury · baldewine þat was þo · [Hearne page 485] In a sonenday as it vel · gywes to muche wo · [sonenday] sonedai C.]
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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 690
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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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