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.

Bituene þe castel of gloucetre · & brumefeld al so · [brumefeld] bremmesfeld C.] Þer was ofte biker gret · & muche harm ido · Ac þe constable of gloucetre · as mid þe kinges poer · [mid] wt C.] Held ofte in þe kinges name · courtes ver & ner · So þat at quedesle · wiþoute þe toun to mile · Line 11,150 He let someni an hundred · & þer he hente an gile · Vor as he huld þis hundred · mid gret folk & onour · [mid] wt C.] & Adam of arderne · was is chef countour · Hii clupede sir Ion giffard · þat siwte ssolde þer to · [Hearne page 539] To come oþer he ssolde · in þe merci be ido · Line 11,155 He com bi asoyne · vor is men inowe · [asoyne] asoigne C; a soþne A.] Come out of brumsfeld · & Iarmed to hom drowe · [brumsfeld] bremesfelde C.] & asoynede hor louerd · & to grounde slowe · [asoynede] asoygnede C.] Glad he was þat miȝte fle · ar þat suerd is nekk gnowe · Manie flowe to churche · & þe constable vnneþe · At arnde aliue & manie · were ibroȝt to deþe · [At arnde] aternde C.] Line 11,161 Þis luþer bailifs þat poueremen · so gret wo doþ ilome · Suich giffardes asoyne · icholde hom ofte come · [giffardes asoyne] giffard asoigne C. icholde] ic wolde C.]

· Henricus · [folio 157b]

Wel a ȝer & an half · þus it ferde aboute · Þat ech heiman dude is fon · ssame mid is route · Atte laste þo winter · towarde ende drou · Line 11,166 At candelmasse ech of hom · gret ost nom inou · & sir roger of clifford · gloucetre wuste al so · & at ech ȝat of þe toun · god warde let do · [ȝat] ȝet C.] Sir Ion giffard com aday · & sir Ion de balun þere · [balun] balon C.] Ride vpe tueye wolpakces · chapmen as hii were ·
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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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