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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.

Þe vifteþe peni of al hor god · & blake mones iwis · [hor god] hore goude C. mones] monakes C.] Vnder al to þousend marc · him ȝeue uor al þis · [marc] marke, C.] & þe giwes vif þousend marc · iconfermed it was vaste · [marc] marke C.] 10,710 & ȝut as me ssal ihure · lute wule it laste · [lute wule] lite while C.] King lowis of fraunce · & willam þe longespei · Þe eldore deide suþþe · as in oȝer ney · [oȝer] one ȝer C.] & after king lowis com · is holi sone lowis · [[This and following line should probably be transposed.]] 10,714 & after him com is sone · willam þat was so wis · [after him] after willam C. was] is C.] Þe gode erchebissop steuene · broȝte is lif to fine · [broȝte] brout C.] As in tuelf hundred ȝer of graee · & tuenti & nine · [As in] om. C.] & maister Richard þe grant · in is stede was ido · & wende uorþ to rome · to sacri him þer to · Þe king wende to brutaine · mid gret ost þulke ȝer · [Hearne page 523] Vor to winne aȝen þing · þat is fader les er · 10,721 Ac he wende hom aȝen · in þe uerste ȝere · & bileuede þe erl marschal · & þe erl of chestre þere · Vor to winne is riȝtes · uor him sulf lute he wan · [sulf lute he wan] sulue lite wan C.] [obitus Gil|berti clare.] In brutaine deide þo · Gilebert þe nobleman · [Gilebert] gilbeld C.] 10,725 Erl of gloucetre & richard · is ȝonge sone was þo · [gloucetre] gloucestre C.] In þe kinges warde uor he was · of eiȝte ȝer & nammo · & sir peris de roches · bissop of wincestre · [peris] pires C.] Þe king ȝef þe warde of him · & of þe erldom of gloucestere · [& of þe] & þe C.] Richard erl of cornwaile · þe nexte ȝer after þis · 10,730 As in tuelf hundred ȝer of grace · & on & þritti iwis ·
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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 720
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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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