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.

OO (page 525, line 7267).

After this αβγ insert the following:—

Seint edward king & confessour · ich wot icleped he is [ich wot] I wote βγ. icleped] callid he βγ.] In bok of holi chirche · & no lesinge hit nis

PP (page 535, line 7416).

After this line αβγ insert:—

After ward hi tolden tales · mid wel proute motinge [hi tolden] þei gonne telle βγ. mid wel proute] with ryȝt proude βγ.]

And after line 7417 they add:—

& ne þoute nout a morewe · hi scholde mid armes swinke [ne þoute nout] þouȝthen β; thoughten γ. a morewe] a morwe β; on morowe γ. hi scholde] þei schulde βγ. mid] with βγ.]

QQ (page 577, line 8051).

After this line αβγ add:—

Whar þoru he was afterward · sone ibrout to schonde [Whar þoru] Where þorwȝ β. ibrout] brouȝt β.]

RR (page 586, line 8184).

Lines 8185-7 are omitted in αβγ, and the following line inserted:—

Þat were gode men · þat saracins so agaste [þat saracins] þat so þe Sareȝyns β; so that the Sareȝins γ. so] coude βγ.]

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About this Item

Title: 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.
Author: Robert, of Gloucester, fl. 1260-1300.
Canvas: Page 836
Publication: London,: Printed for H. M. Stationery off., by Eyre and Spottiswoode,; 1887.
Subject terms: English language -- Dialects -- England; English language; Great Britain -- History

Technical Details

Collection: Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse
Link to this Item: https://name.umdl.umich.edu/ahb1378.0001.001
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Full citation: "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." In the digital collection Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/ahb1378.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 9, 2025.