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.
& one kinges croune · of gold wel ywrout [one] a ε. gold] golde β. ywrout] wrouȝt β; ywrought γ.]Mid preciouse stones · him was eke ybrout [him] to him ε. eke] also βε. ybrout] brouȝt β; ywrouȝt ε.]& seint Morices baner · ȝut he sende him þar [Morices] Moryses ε. ȝut] ȝit βε. sende] sent βε. him þar] to him þare β; to him þere ε.]Þat to fore legion · whanne he wende hit bar [legion] the legioun γ. whanne] whan βε. wende] went βε bar] bare βε.]Line 30 Aþelston mid þis presens · gret ioiȝe made þo [Aþelston] Adelston βε. þis] þise βε. presens] presenteȝ β; presentes ε. made] he made ε.]& sende him his soster · þat he hadde desired so [sende] sent βε. him] to him ε. soster] suster βε.]& oþere riche presens · forþ in to france [oþere] oþer βε. presens] presenteȝ β; presentes ε. forþ] wiþ his suster forþe ε.]Þo was loue istabled · mid gode alyance [Þo] Than β. istabled] stablede β. mid gode] with good βε.]
FF (page 408, line 5582).
Instead of lines 5583-5, αβγε have the following:—
At his ende day he was · ibured & þer ȝut is [ibured] buried þere β; yberyed þer ε. þer ȝut] ȝit þere β; ȝit þer ε.]Viftene ȝer he was king · er þe deþ him nom [ȝer] ȝeer βε. er] or βε. þe] om ε.]& bi his lyue wel he helt · to riȝte his kinedom [lyue] lyffe ε. wel he helt] wel he helde β; he kept wel ε. to riȝte] to ryȝt β; in ryȝt ε. kinedom] kyngdome βε.]
GG (page 410, lines 5606-7).
For these two lines αβγε have the following:—
So þat six ȝer & on half · edmund hadde ibeo king [six] sixe βε. on half] an halfe β; an half ε. ibeo] be βε.]Pitouseliche he was aslawe · wiþ o gadeling [Pitouseliche] Pitouliche β; Piteuousliche γ; Pyteously ε. aslawe] slayn β; yslayn ε. o] one fals β; one 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,
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