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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.

Ac þe bissop water of wurcetre · ofte bituene wende · [wurcetre] wirecestre C.] & þe abbod reinaud of gloucetere · as god hom grace sende · 11,263 & destourbede þe bataile · ac non acord þer nas · [þe] om. C.] Ac biker & slaȝt & ssetinge · bituene hom ofte was · So þat sir edward aday · & is men hom lete arme · To wende out & bataile do · al mest to grete harme · Þo seie hii out of þe tour · þe erl roberd of ferers · [comes de ferers.] Atte tounes ende come · wiþ noble men & fers · [Atte] at þe C.] As framward teuskesburi · iarmed wel echon · 11,270 Hors & men al preste · bataile to do anon · [do] don C.] Þo sir edward þis isey · no þing nas he glad · Vor me sede þat he nas · of noman so sore adrad · Vn iarmed out he wende · to þe barons wel stille · [Vn iarmed out he wende] Vn armed he wende out C.] & anon made acord · & graunted al hor wille · 11,275 & made fourme god inou · & suor is wel to holde · [is wel] his wille C.] Þo hii adde al hor wil · þe barons were wel bolde · [Hearne page 544] Þe erl roberd of ferers · þo he þuder com · He was nei uor wraþþe wod · þat me eni acord nom · [wod] woud C.] He smot stede wiþ þe spore · & al is compainie · & wende him vor wraþþe aȝen · so quic so he miȝte hie · 11,281 Ech bar him ek amorwe · out of toune drou · [bar] baron C. of toune] of þe toun C.] & of þe fourme þat hii made · wende be siker inou · [made] ymaked C. be] bi C.] Þo sir edward & is folc · were al maistres þer · Vor þe burgeis of þe toun · lete in baruns er · [baruns] þe barons C.] [folio 159a] 11,285 He let crie in to al þe toun · þat bourgeis þat wolde · In þe castel come to is peis · god pais habbe he ssolde · [In þe] in to his C. to is] in C. peis god] pais goude C. habbe he] he habbe C.]
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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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