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.

& bouȝte hom suþþe wiþ raunson · suich lif longe ilaste · Line 11,910 Mid mangenels & ginnes · hor eiþer to oþer caste · Þe legat & þe erchebissop · wiþ hom al so nome · Tueie oþere bissops · & to keningwurþe come · To makie acord wiþ þe king · & þe deserites al so · & hom of þe castel · ȝuf it miȝte be ido · Line 11,915 Ac þe deserites nolde noȝt · do al after þe kinge · Ne hii of þe castel naþemo · ne stonde to hor lokinge · Þe legat mid is rede cope · amansede þo · Hom þat in þe castel were · & ȝut þer to wel mo · Alle þat hom holpe · oþer were at hor rede · Line 11,920 Oþer to hom ensentede · in wille oþer in dede · Hii of þe castel tolde · her of gret despit · Cope & oþer cloþes · hii lete make of wit · & maister philip porpeis · þat was a quointe man · Clerc and hardi of is dedes · & hor cirurgian · Line 11,925 Hii made a wit legat · in þis cope of wit · [Hearne page 567] Aȝe þe oþer rede · as him in despit · & he stod as a legat · vpe þe castel walle · & amansede king & legat · & hor men alle · Suich game ilaste longe · among hom in suich striue · Line 11,930 Ac wel god nas it noȝt · to soule ne to liue · Sir Ion deiuile · & oþere þat deserited were · Nome þe yle of eli · & hulde hom vaste þere · & in grauntebrugge ssire · of oþer mannes inov · Vette & astorede hom · þei it were mid wou · Line 11,935

· Henricus · [folio 167b]

Þe gywes hii slowe ek · þat hii miȝte finde · Hor tresor ne hor oþer god · hii ne lete nouȝt bihinde · Þe king at sein bartelmeus tid · made ich vnder stonde · At keningwurþe a parlement · of heiemen of þe londe ·
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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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