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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 kinges conseilors londes · hii destruede mid hor tayle · Ac þe bissop of winchestre · & þe erl of cornwaile · [Ac . . . . erl] As þe bischopes of wyncestre & þe erles C.] & nameliche þe bissops · vor sir Richard siward vaste · [Hearne page 525] 10,776 Barnede is courtes oueral · & walles adoun caste · [walles] his wallis C. See Appendix, Note VV.] So þat maister edmund · of abendone was · Erchebissop of canterbury · as god sende þat cas · [sende] ȝef C.] As tuelf hundred in ȝer of grace · & four & þretti also · [omitted in C.] 10,780 Þis holi man seint edmund · in suich poer was ido · [omitted in C.] Þo wende Richard þe marschal · þat of penbroc erl was · Into irlonde to worri · in luþer time alas · Vor þoru treson of is owe men · to bataile he wende adai · So þat þe ost of is fon · ouer muche he sai · 10,785 & muche of is owe folc · bigan vor to fle · "Sire" quaþ þo þo kniȝt · "þou most þe bi se · [þo þo] his one (or oue) C.] Þou sucst þis folc ouer muche · þat aȝe þe is · [sucst] suxst C.] & þin owe ouer lute · betere it is iwis · As me þincþ turne aȝe · uort god sende betere iwon · Vor vr poer is to lute · aȝe þus manie fon ·" 10,791 "Wat seiste" quaþ þis gode erl · "wan richard þe mars|chal · Vpe is stede iarmed is · & atiled þoru out al · & toward is fon in þe feld · haþ is wombe iwent · Ssold he turne hom is rugh · he nas neuere so issent · [is rugh] his rygge C. issent] ischende C.] Vor he ne dude it neuere · ne neuere iwis ne ssal · Fram such ssendnesse crist ssulde · Richard þe mar|ssal ·" 10,797
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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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