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.

& londone he amendede muche · & ope temese of gret fame [londone . . . muche] amendid muche Londoñ δ. amendede] amendid βγ. ope] vp βγ.] Line 265 He rerde belines ȝat · and clepede after his name [rerde] rerid βγ; rerud a gate δ. and clepede] and callid βγ; hit hatte δ.] At þulke ȝate he was ybured · þo þat he ded was [ȝate] om. βγ. ybured] buried βγ. þat] om. δ. he] om. βγ.] Gurgust was his sone yhote · betere bodi non nas [betere bodi non] a beter bodye on erthe δ.]

H. (page 75, lines 1015-1018.)

Instead of these lines, αβγδ have the following:—

At kaerleon gurgust was ded · & hadde god ending [kaerleon] karleon βγ. god] a good βγ.] & Guncelin þat was his sone · after him was king [&] om. δ. Guncelin] Guntelin βγ; Gincelin δ.] He was þoru alle þing · god man of clene lif [of clene] & clene of δ. lif] lyfe βγδ.] O mayde þat het Maiciȝe · he nom & tok to wif [Maiciȝe] manȝe γ; Marcie δ. nom] name βγ; nome δ. tok] toke βγ. wif] wyfe βγδ.] Þis quene was of boke wys · & wytti in þat dawe [of boke wys] riȝt wise βγ; ouer wys δ. in] on δ.] Line 5 Heo made o lawe on bruitichs · þat het Marcene lawe [bruitichs] Bruitisch βγ; brutichs δ.] Þus after hure owe name · brutons þe lawe nempde [Þus] Thilke βγ. owe] owen βγ. þe lawe nempde] lawe gan amende δ.] Þer after maniȝe hundred ȝer · king alfred god sende [maniȝe] many a δ; nyne βγ.] Þat wroute þe lawe on englich · wis man þat was ywis [wroute] wrouȝt βγ; wrote δ. englich] englische βγδ. wis . . . ywis] þat ere was on brutische δ.] Ac after þe quene y nempned heo was · þulke day & ȝut is [y nempned] nempned βγ. heo] hit βγ. þulke day] þo dayes δ.] Line 10
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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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