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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.

Þat ar missomer day · in to þis londe come · [folio 146a] 10,266 Oþer þat his bailifs · hor londes hom bi nome · And asailede al in his hond · & rentes þer to · So þat al þis atte daye · & wel worse was ido · Vor þer nas bissopriche · non in is lond · 10,270 Bote winchestre & norþwich · þat he ne huld in is hond · & abbeyes monion · so þat cristindom · Was as clanliche al uor ȝite · in is kinedom · & þer nas oþer red · as alle men iseye · Bote holi churche go adoun · oþer som god man þer|uore deie · 10,275 Þer on þoȝte tueye men · legates of rome · Pandulf and þe duraund · & to engelonde come · As godes kniȝtes baldeliche · at gemes tid iwis · [Hearne page 500] Vor to deie vor holi churche · oþer amende þat was amis · Þun wei in heruest to þe king · baldeliche hii nome · 10,280 & to him at norþhamtone · biuore is conseil come · Sir king hii sede we beþ icome · fram verre londe iwis · Vor þe pais of holi churche · & þis lond þat þin is · Vorto wite þin ansuere · hou þou it wolt bi se · Inot nout quaþ þe king · wat ower demande be · 10,285 Commune riȝt quaþ pandulf · we esseþ & nammore · Þat þou suerie vpe þe bok · clanliche to restore · Holi churche þat þou hast · him binome mid wronge · & þat þe erchebissop · in þis lond · in pes þou auonge · Nou icholle quaþ þe king · þat ȝe min wille ise · 10,290 Ȝe mowe me makie suerie · wat owe wille be · Ac inel neuere þe erchebissop · in engelonde auonge · Þat inelle wan he comþ · late him heye an honge · Woltou sire quaþ pandulf · eni oþer telle · Ichabbe ised quaþ þe king · & non oþer segge inelle · Þou hast nou quaþ pandulf · þe pope bisout · 10,296 Þat he relesi þe entredit · ac me þincþ it is uor noȝt ·
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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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