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.

T (page 335, line 4754).

The following lines were added in αβγε:—

Seint austin wende wide · to prechi cristendom [wende] went βε. prechi] preche βε.] & þerto bifel o time · þat to roucestre he com [þerto] hit βε. o] on a ε. to roucestre he com] he to Rouchestre (Roucestre ε) come βε.] And folc þer was inne · þat nolde him leue nout [folc] þe folke ε. þer was inne] that was therynne γ; þat þerin was ε. þat nolde] þat wolde β; wolde no þing ε. him] to him ε.] Ne þe cristendom fonge · þat he hadde ibrouȝt [þe] no β; none γ. fonge] take ε.] Ac hengim on his cloþes · fisch tayles of rayȝe [Ac hengim] But honged β; But hongeden ε. rayȝe] Ray β.] Line 5 & driue him þoru toune · þane deouel to payȝe [driue] droue β; dryffe ε. þoru] þurgh β; þoruȝ þe ε. þane deouel] þe deuel βε. payȝe] pay β.] Of god he bad o bone · to habbe of him munde [bad] asked βε. o] one β; a ε. bone] Boone β; bonee ε. habbe] haue βε. munde] mynde βε.] Þat hi hadde tailes · & alle hare oþer kunde [hi] þei βε. hadde] haue ε. hare] here β; her ε. kunde] kynde βε.] & þulke sulue bone · was igraunted þo [þulke sulue] þilke self β; þat ε. bone] boone β; bonee ε. igraunted] grauntede anone β.] Ȝute libbeþ of þe kunde · ytailed maniȝe so [Ȝute libbeþ] Ȝit leueþ β; Ȝit lyueþ ε. þe kunde] þe kynde β; þat kynde ε. ytailed maniȝe] many ytayled ε. ytailed] tayled β. maniȝe] men β; many γ.] Line 10

U (page 343, line 4864).

The following lines are added in BCαβγδε:—

Bledder duc of cornwaile · & cadwan of walis [Bledder] Ac bledder B. duc] Duke βε. of cornwaile] corne|wale C. of walis] Duke of walis βε.] & Margad on oþer duc · & al hare power ywis [Margad] Margat βε. on oþer] anoþer BCβε. duc] Duke βε. al hare power] her poer al B; hore power al C; al here power β; al her power ε.]
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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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