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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.

To chese six wisemen · hii lokede þere · 11,940 Þre bissops & þre barons · þe wisoste þat þer were · & hii wan hiiwere isuore · oþer sixe toke· Gode fourme among hom · of þe lond to loke · & of þe deserites · so þat a voreward · Þe bissop hii chose of baþe · water giffard · [.xij. prouisores.] 11,945 & maister nicole of eli · bissop of wurcetre · Þe þridde was þe bissop · water of excetre · Þe þre baruns were · wisemen of þe lond · Sir roger de someri · sir roberd walrond · Sir alein de la souche · & þus sixe iwis · 11,950 Chose þo hii were isuore · sixe oþere after þis · Þe erl gileberd of gloucetere · þe erl vmfrai al so · Of hereforde & þe bissop · of sein dauid þer to · Sir Ion de bailol · sir philip basset · [Hearne page 568] Sir warin of bassingbourne · hii ne miȝte chese no bet · 11,955 & bote hii miȝte acordi · þat hii þe legat toke · & sir henri of alimaine · riȝt & lawe to loke · & þe tuelf eode to gadere · & ofte were ato · It was nei alle halewe tid · ar it were ido · Þo let þe king someni · aȝe þe tiwesday · [conuocacio norþhamp|tonie.] 11,960 Next biuore alle halwe tid · as is conseil bi sai · Bissopes & abbodes · & priores þer to · Erles & barons · & kniȝtes al so · Þat hii were at norþhamptone · to hure & at stonde · To þe lokinge of þis tuelfe · of þe stat of þe londe · Þere it was despepled · þe edit ywis · 11,966 Þat was þe ban of kenigwurþe · þat was lo þis · Þat þer ne ssolde of heiemen · deserited be none · Þat hadde iholde aȝe þe king · bote þe erl of leicetre one · Ac þat alle þe oþere adde · aȝen al hor lond · 11,970 Oþer hor eirs þat dede were · bote þat þe king in is hond · It hulde to an terme · þat þere iloked was · Vif ȝer some & some foure · euere vp is trespas ·
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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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Page 773
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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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