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.

                                
                                  Vor wanne ȝoure fon to ȝou comeþ · ȝe ne conne bote fle · [ȝoure] oure B; eure α. ȝou] ow B; ou α. comeþ] come γ. ne conne] ne konne noȝt B; ne konne α; ne can βγ; con not δ; ne ne conne A.]  [Hearne page 100] 
                                
                                  Ase ssep to vore wolues · hou miȝte more wo be · [to vore] doþ fore β; doon from γ.] 
                                
                                  & þe se biset ȝou al aboute · bote tweie weies ȝe ne mowe þenche · [þe se] þei βγ. biset] ys bysette δ. ȝou] ow B; eu α. al] om. αβγδ. bote tweie weies] om. αβγδ. ne] om. B. mowe] may γ. þenche] oþer þenche αβγδ.] 
                                
                                  Oþer ligge adoun & be aslawe · oþer fle & adrenche · [Oþer] Bote α; But βγ; Bot δ. ligge] lye δ. be aslawe] be slawe B; beon aslawe α; ben slayn βγ; ben yslayn δ. &] or γ. adrenche] drenche Bαβγδ.] 
                                
                                  Worþ þer eni hope of ȝou · bote clanliche of al þis lond · [Worþ . . . ȝou] Ther is none ope of helpe of ȝow βγ. Worþ] Wor B. eni hope] eny ope α; ony helpe δ. ȝou] ow B; eu α. bote] þan ben β; that bene γ. of al þis] al þat B; al þis αδ; of þis βγ.] 
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                                  Al þe help & lokinge is · in oþer mannes hond · [Al] But al βγ. lokinge] longynge βγ. mannes] monne B; manne α; mennes βγ; manere δ.] 
                                
                                  & þe romeins beþ anud · of hor trauail so sore · [beþ] ben β; bene γ. anud] anyed B; anuyd α; anoyed βγ; anoyede δ.] 
                                
                                  Of peril a se & eke a lond · þat hii nolleþ come here nanmore · [a se] on se B; in see αβ; in the see γ; in þe se δ. a lond] on lond B; in lond α; in londe βγδ. þat hii nolleþ] þat heo nul B; & nolleþ α; and wille βγ; and wolle δ. nanmore] no more Bαβγδ.] 
                                
                                  Hii wolleþ raþer bileue hor truage · þat ȝe hom bereþ aȝere · [Hii . . . truage] Ac (But βγ) raþer þe truage lete αβγ. wolleþ] wol B; wolle δ. bereþ] bere βγ. aȝere] aȝer Bα; by ȝere δ.] 
                                
                                  Ne conne ȝe noȝt lerni þing · þat ȝe ne dude neuer er · [Ne] om. δ. conne] come γ. lerni] lerne Bβγ. ne] om. Bδ. dude] dede 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 156
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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