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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.

His riȝte of heritage · on engelonde here [on] of ε.] Normandiȝe & aungeo · & grauntede him eke þere [ll. 277,278 transposed in δ.] [Normandiȝe] Of Normandye ε. & grauntede] he graunted β. eke þere] also þere β; there also γ; þere ε.] Þei he hit nadde þo on hond · he þoute þat he myte [Þei] Thouȝ β. hit nadde þo] hit hadde nouȝt β; om. δ; had hit noȝt ε. on] in ε. hond] honde βε. þat] om. β.] Þoru godes grace ȝute · winne his owene riȝte [owene] om. δ.] 280 Hit fel in þulke ȝere · þat king lowys of france [fel] bifel β; felle so ε. þulke] þat ε.] [[A]quit|annia.] Fram elianore his quene · al in gret distance [Fram] He went fro ε. quene] wyff ε. in gret distance] wiþoute balaunce δ.] Þoru þe riȝt lawe · departed was bi cas [was] þei were ε.] Þe rich erles douter · of peito þat was [þe] Sche was þe ε. erles] Erle β.] & duc of aquitaine · of gascoine also [of gascoine] and of Gascoyne β; and of gascon ε.] 285 He was kunde louerd · his wille forto do [kunde] worþi β; a worþi ε. louerd] lorde by kynde β; lord by kynde ε. for to] to δ.] Þo com forþ þis henri · þe ȝonge duc ywis [Þo] Thanne β. henri] Harry ε. þe] þat ε.] & nom hure to wyue · in ioiȝe & in blis [nom] toke β; he toke ε. wyue] wijf β. in] with β; to holde in δ; wiþ moche ε. in] with β; om. δε.] & þe erldom mid hure · of peito þat was [þe] þan δ. erldom] eildom α. mid hure . . . was] of Peyto that thanne hure it was γ.] Aquitaine & gascoine · þat hure heritage was [gascoine] Gascoñ ε. was] þan was β.] 290 Þis spousing was enchesen · of gret hate & wreþþe [wreþþe] wreþe β; wraaþ ε.] Þat bitwene king lowis · & duc henri was seþþe [henri] harry ε. seþþe] siþþe 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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Page 857
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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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