The Metrical Chronicle of Robert of Gloucester Edited by William Aldis Wright |
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Iohannes
Henricus
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Iohannes Henricus
& worre was in to al þis lond þat longe worþ in mone
Þe sone was aȝe þe fader þe fader aȝen þe sone
Þe þorsdai þe witesonewouke to londone lowis com
& þat folc of þe toun wiþ gret honour him nom
Þe castel he nom of ferham þe friday þat is
Next after þe trinite & suþþe he nom iwis
Winchestere aboute missomer & suþþe he nom iwis
Þe castel of odiham & þo he adde ido al þis
Þe tour he nam of londone & wan al þis souþside
& euere robbede þe king Ion in þe norþ contreie wide
& dude þe londe wo inou & more bihet
He ne brouȝte noȝt al to ende ar here þat lif let
At newework he deide a sein lukes day
He was ihasted þat vnneþe þre dawes sik he lay
Þe sone was aȝe þe fader þe fader aȝen þe sone
Þe þorsdai þe witesonewouke to londone lowis com
& þat folc of þe toun wiþ gret honour him nom
Þe castel he nom of ferham þe friday þat is
Next after þe trinite & suþþe he nom iwis
Winchestere aboute missomer & suþþe he nom iwis
Þe castel of odiham & þo he adde ido al þis
Þe tour he nam of londone & wan al þis souþside
& euere robbede þe king Ion in þe norþ contreie wide
& dude þe londe wo inou & more bihet
He ne brouȝte noȝt al to ende ar here þat lif let
714
He was ihasted þat vnneþe þre dawes sik he lay
Ȝuf eni man þer to help god it him vorȝiue
Vor he adde er þis lond to muche wrechede idriue
In þe ȝer of grace he deide tuelf hundred & six tene
& seuentene ȝer he was king & fif monþes ich wene
& fif dawes & þat þouȝte mani man longe iwis
At wircetre in þe munstre vaire ibured he is
Vor he adde er þis lond to muche wrechede idriue
In þe ȝer of grace he deide tuelf hundred & six tene
& seuentene ȝer he was king & fif monþes ich wene
& fif dawes & þat þouȝte mani man longe iwis
At wircetre in þe munstre vaire ibured he is
Henri was king imad after is fader Ion
A sein simondes day & sein Iude at gloucestre anon
Nye ȝer old he was þo & in warde he was þere
& me nolde nouȝt þat is crouninge leng delaied were
Þer was þe legat of rome & þe bissop of winchetre
Þe bissop of chestre & of baþe & þe bissop of wurcestre
& þe erl willam þe marschal & þe erl of ferers
& þe erl of penbroc & þe erl of storgoil þat was so fers
Þes crounede þe ȝonge king þere as he founde was
Ac þe kinges home at gloucestere & so mid glad pas
To þe abbeie churche hii bere him þat of sein peter is
& offrede him as vor hor king to þe heie weued iwis
Þe oþer erles & barons mid lowis þo ȝut were
As hii vaste him bi hete þeruore hii nere noȝt þere
Þo bigan þer in þis lond a newe destourbance
Vor men louede bet hor kunde louerd þan lowis of france
Þoru conseil of holi churche vndo ȝut hii þoȝte
Þe uore warde þat hii made him þo hii him hider broȝte
Þeruore þe legat galon & þe barons of þis londe
A conseil hii made at martinmasse at bristowe ich vnderstonde
A sein simondes day & sein Iude at gloucestre anon
Nye ȝer old he was þo & in warde he was þere
& me nolde nouȝt þat is crouninge leng delaied were
Þer was þe legat of rome & þe bissop of winchetre
Þe bissop of chestre & of baþe & þe bissop of wurcestre
& þe erl willam þe marschal & þe erl of ferers
& þe erl of penbroc & þe erl of storgoil þat was so fers
Þes crounede þe ȝonge king þere as he founde was
Ac þe kinges home at gloucestere & so mid glad pas
To þe abbeie churche hii bere him þat of sein peter is
& offrede him as vor hor king to þe heie weued iwis
Þe oþer erles & barons mid lowis þo ȝut were
As hii vaste him bi hete þeruore hii nere noȝt þere
Þo bigan þer in þis lond a newe destourbance
Vor men louede bet hor kunde louerd þan lowis of france
Þoru conseil of holi churche vndo ȝut hii þoȝte
Þe uore warde þat hii made him þo hii him hider broȝte
715
A conseil hii made at martinmasse at bristowe ich vnderstonde
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