Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse

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.

Þe king let crouny henri · his sone foli wis [inserted in δ after line 486.] [let crouny] lete crowne β; dude crowne ε. henri] Harry ε. foli wis] I wis β; after þis δ.] [Coronacio [fi] lii regis.] 475 Þat nom þe kinges douter · of france þat het lewis [inserted in δ after line 486.] [nom] toke β; toke to wyff ε. het] hiȝt β. lewis] Lowis β.] Enleue hundred ȝer · seuenti and on hit was [Enleue] Elleuen β; endleue δ; In þe eleuen ε.] Fram godes burþtime · þat slaye was seint thomas [Fram godes burþtime] Fro þe byrþe of crist ε. burþtime] burtime δ. þat . . . thomas] þat seynt Thomas Isleyne was ε. þat slaye] þat slayn β; þo sleyȝe δ. seint] seyn δ.] And þe seuenteþe · of þe kinges kinedom [And þe] In þe β; And δ; And in þe ε. seuenteþe] seuen|tuþe ȝere δ; seuentene ȝeer ε. þe] þis δ.] Þat seint thomas þe bisschop · to þe deþ com [Þat] om. δ. þe bisschop] erchebisschop δ. to þe] þus to δ; to ε.] 480 In þulke sulue ȝere · þe king to yrlonde wende [þulke sulue] þilke same β; þat self ε. wende] þe wey nome β.] In þe monþe of octobre · and seþþe in may hom kende [In] om. δ. kende] come β; aȝen he kende ε.] Þe nexte ȝer þer after · aton ymad he was [Þe] þat δ. ȝer] om. ε. þer after] here after ε. aton] atone βε. ymad] made β.] Mid þe cardinales of rome · of þe deþ of seint thomas [þe] om. δ. of] at β. of þe] for þe β; for γ.] In þulke sulue ȝer · as god ȝaf þat cas [þulke sulue] þilke same β; þat same ε.] 485 Þe abbeiȝe of stanlye · furst y fonded was [stanlye] stanle β; stanleye δ; Stanley ε. y fonded] founded β; yfunde δ.] [[St] anleye] Þe king ȝaf his sone richard · gascoyne ywis [Þe king . . . ywis] And his sone richarde garscoyne he ȝaf him iwis δ. ȝaf] ȝaue to ε.] Mo sones he þoute ȝute · auaunci after þis [Mo . . ȝute] Ȝit his oþer soñes he þouȝt ε. auaunci] to avaunce βε; auansy δ.]
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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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