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.

                                
                                  To hor folie hii wolde hom nime · & hor men al so · [hii] he B. nime] take δ; haue had βγ.] 
                                
                                  Ac þe maydens wolde raþer deye · þan encenty þer to · [Ac] But βγ. þe . . . deye] raþer hi wolde deyȝe α; raþer þei wolde deye βγ. encenty] a cente B; assenty α; assent βγ; con|sente δ.] 
                                
                                  Þo wende uorþ þe luþermen · & þe maidens slowe echone · [wende uorþ] wente δ. þe] þo βγ; þese δ. echone] euerych|one δ.] 
                                
                                  So þat to þe lasse brutaine · þer ne come aliue none · [þat] om. αβγ. brutaine] breteyne B. ne] om. βγδ. none] riȝt none βγ.] 
                                
                                  Of þe wowe þat þer aþ · in þis lond ybe · [wowe] wo B. þer] here βγ. in] on α. þis lond] Engelond B; þisse londe α.]  [guerra pictorum & scot|torum.] 
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                                  Þoru þe emperours of rome · here ȝe mowe yse · [þe] om. B. yse] se βγδ.] 
                                
                                  In oþer manere of scottes · & picars as ich sede · [of] þat Bα; as βγ; þat þe δ. picars] picardes αβγ. ich] I ȝow βγ.] 
                                
                                  Habbeþ iworred þis lond · icholle telle þe dede · [Habbeþ iworred] Haue werred in βγ; Han y worred in δ. icholle] ich wol B; ich wole ou α; I wil ȝou βδ; I wole you γ.] 
                                
                                  Guayn þe king of hungri · & þe king of pycardie · [hungri] hongri B.] 
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                                  Þo hii adde as ichabbe ysed · mid so gret vileinie · [ichabbe ysed] ych haue yseit B; ich seide α; I haue seide β; I you seyde γ; I seyde δ. vileinie] vilaniȝe α; o vilenye δ.] 
                                
                                  Yslawe of þis maidens · þat swete compaynie · [Yslawe] Islayn β; Yslayne γ; Slayn δ. of] alle γ. þat] þe αβγδ.] 
                                
                                  Hii þoȝte to do þis lond · more tricherie · [Hii] Bi B. þoȝte] þouten α; þouȝten βγ. more] þo more δ.] 
                                
                                  Hii vnderstode þat þis lond · was ymad al clene · [was ymad] ymad was B; was made βγ.] 
                                
                                  Of god folc þoru maximian · & conan as at ene · [þoru] þat þoru α. as at ene] I wene βγ.] 
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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 150
Publication: London,: Printed for H. M. Stationery off., by Eyre and Spottiswoode,; 1887.
Subject terms: English language -- Dialects -- England; English language; Great Britain -- History

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