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.

Sir Richard erl of cornwaile · þulke ȝer wende al so · At missomer to þe holi lond · & mani god kniȝt þer to · [kniȝt] knyȝtes C.] Line 10,881 Þer after in Ieniuer · Isabel is wif · [Obitus comitisse.] Contesse of gloucestre let · at bercamstude þat lif · Ibured heo was at beulu · & ir hert ibured is · [heo] om. C. beulu] beulew C.] [Hearne page 529] At teukesburi & ir gottes · at messendene iwis · Line 10,885 Þo sprong þer gret contek · bituene henri vr king · [henri] om. C.] & þe erchebissop seint edmund · & noȝt vor lute þing ·

· Henricus · [folio 154a]

Vor þe king þo he adde iwiued · & an eir adde al so · [þo] om. C.] He drou to oþer conseil · þan he was iwoned to do · & of þe riȝtes of holichurche · & of þe gode olde lawe · Line 10,890 Þat he adde of is chartre ymad · he him gan wiþ drawe · Seint edmond pitosliche · wel ofte him bi souȝte · Þat he wiþdrowe of is dede · & bet him bi þoȝte · Ac it was euer þe leng þe wors · so þat atte laste · Seint edmond him huld stedeuast · & amansede vaste · [edmond] om. A; edmunde C. stedeuast] stable C.] Alle þat holichurche · in suich vnriȝt broȝte · Line 10,896 & wende uorþ ouer se · vort þe king him bet biþoȝte · & deide ar he come aȝe · & ibured was ek þer · [Obitus sancti edmundi.] As in ȝer of grace · tuelf hundred & fourti ȝer · [ȝer] þe ȝer C.] Þo Richard erl of cornwaile · to þe holi lond com · [terra sancta.] Þe soudan somdel uor fere · Triwes wiþ him nom · & alle prisons & sarazins þat in heþenesse were · [prisons & sarazins] þe prisons slauyns C.] Inome & in prison ido · he deliuerede him þere · [him] hom C.] Line 10,903
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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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