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.

& to drou & bileuede · þe barons in o þouȝt · Nome hor conseil & sede · þat hii nolde it þolie noȝt · Ne þe luþer lawes þat he huld · ac bede him wiþ|drawe · [Hearne page 510] Line 10,494 Is luþer wille & granti hom · þe gode olde lawe · Þat was bi seint edwardes day · & suþþe adoun ibroȝt · Þoru him & þoru oþere · þat were of luþer þouȝt · Þe king glosede her & þer · & made it somdel touȝt · Ac þo it com to þe strengþe · he nolde it graunti nouȝt · Line 10,499

· Iohannes · [folio 149a]

Þe contesse isabel · þat þerl mareschales douȝter was · To gileberd erl of gloucestre · ispoused was in þis cas · Line 10,501 Maister alixandre nequam · þat canon was er · Imad was of cirencestre · abbod þulke ȝer · Þe barons orne vpe king · mid hor poer so vaste · Þat he made of þe olde lawes · is chartre atte laste · To holde uor him & uor is eirs · & aselede is vaste inou · Line 10,506 Ac suþþe as vnstable man · wiþ sede & wiþ drou · & wanne him muche strange folc · of biȝonde se · & some as god it wolde · ne come neuere aȝe · & largeliche hom ȝef inou · of is barones londe · & is castles aboute · tok hom vaste an honde · Line 10,511 In diuerse contreies · & þut lond to bitraye · Ordeinede þat hii ssolde · alle in one daye · [Hearne page 511] & in one time wende out · ech in is side · & robbi so an oniwar · þe contreie aboute wide · Riȝt al so it was ido · þat in one time riȝt · Line 10,516 Hii smite out of hor castles · Iarmed wel apliȝt · & robbede þe contreies · al an oniwar · & of [orf] & tresour · made is sone bar · & wo so nolde aȝen hom · at hor wille fine · Line 10,520 Hii barnde hous & oþer god · & defoulede louerd & hine ·
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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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