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.

Fram souþest to norþwest · whateling stret þat is [whateling] Watlinge βγ.] Line 145 Ase in þe brede of þe lond · fram þe walische see ywis [Ase] As βγ. lond] londe βγ. þe] om. βγ.] Fram seint dauid to þe see · at southamptone þat is & þoru gloucestre passeþ · & cyrencestre ywis [passeþ] that passeth βγ. cyrencestre] Cirecestre βγ.] & þoru wincestre eke · he takeþ bi este souþe [este] est βγ.] Þe oþere tweyȝe weyes · men schal anempni nouþe [Þe oþere tweyȝe] The oþer two βγ. anempni] nempny βγ.] Line 150 Fram souþe into norþe · takeþ [Over an erasure.] erninges stret ywis [souþe] þe Southe βγ. norþe] þe Northe βγ.] Fram est to west þe furþe · ykeneldes stret þat is [

145-152. Instead of these lines δ has the following:

Fram southe tyleth to þe northe · þat ys ErmingstreteAnd þe south este to þe northe weste · WattlyngstreteAs þe brede of þe londe · as fram þe Walsche se ywysFram seynt Dauid to þe see · þat at south hamptoñ ysLyne me clepeth eke þylk weye · that gothe þrouȝ GloucestreAnd þrouȝ Cirencestre eke · and throuȝ WincestreThe þrydde he made þat me clepeth · ykenildstreteThat tylleth fram este into þe west · þat ys a wey sumdel grete
] [west] þe west βγ. furþe] ferþe βγ. stret] strete βγ.]
Þeos foure weyes on þis lond · king belin þe wyse [Þeos] Thise βγ. on] in δ. lond] londe βγ. belin] Belinus δ.] Made & worþede ham · wiþ [Over an erasure.] gret franchise [worþede ham] ordeyned hem βγ; endowed hem δ.] For who so dude þer inne · trespas oþer eni wou [dude . . . wou] vpon ony of hem ded ony trespas or wouȝ δ. tres|pas] ony þefte β; ony theft γ.] Line 155 He made iugement þer of · & gret vengance ynou [ll. 155,156 transposed in γ.] [He . . . þer of] Therof he made iugement δ. gret] stronge δ.] Brenni was wend to france · & siwede þe kinge [wend] went βγ. siwede] sewed βγ.] Wt [Over an erasure.] his eitetuþe some · wel in alle þinge [eitetuþe some] eiȝtene somme βγ. wel] riȝt wel βγ. alle] al βγ.]
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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
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Great Britain -- History

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