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.

                                
                                  Hii cudde þat hii were men · & slowe to grounde · [Hii] He B. cudde] kyd βγ. slowe] slowe þo α; slouȝ þan β; slowe than γ.] 
                                
                                  & þe prute of scottes · & of picars · abatede in an stounde · [&] om. B. þe prute of scottes] þe prude of scottes B; Scottes prute α; Scottes pride βγ; þe Scottys proude δ. & of] & Bαβγδ. picars] picards α; Picardes βγδ. abatede] abouten B. an] a Bβγδ; o α.] 
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                                  Vor hii flowe þat miȝte fle · & some velle to grounde · [hii flowe] þei slouȝ βγ. miȝte] myȝt noȝt βγ. velle] fellid βγ.] 
                                
                                  Hii miȝte segge wan hii come hom · þat hii hor per founde · [segge] say βγ. wan . . . hom] þere αβγ. þat hii hor per] her per hi hadde α; here pere þei hadde βγ. hii] heo hadde B. founde] Aγ; y fonde B; ifounde α; yfounde β.] 
                                
                                  To yrlonde hii flowe aȝen · & elles woder hii miȝte · [To] Vnto δ. flowe aȝen] flowen þo δ. &] om. δ. woder] wyder B; whider αβ; wheder γ; wheder þat δ.] 
                                
                                  Hii ne þouȝte noȝt a gode wile · wiþ brutons to fiȝte · [Lines 2269, 2270 transposed in δ.]  [þouȝte . . . wile] þoute gode while α; þouȝt good þe while βγ. noȝt] om. δ. brutons] þe brytones B; þe bretons δ. to] for to δ.] 
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                                  Þe brutons nome constantin · & glade þoru alle þinge · [nome] nome þo Bα; toke þan βγ. constantin] Costantyn B. glade] were glad δ.]  [folio 40a] 
                                
                                  In þe toun of cicestre · crouned him to hor kinge · [& glad . . . kinge] they crowned hym to kynge In the towne of Circestre and gladde thurgh al thynge γ.]  [cicestre] circestre αβγδ. crouned] hi crounede α; þei crouned β; þey crowned δ. to hor] to here B; to αβ; her δ.]  [Hearne page 104] 
                                
                                  Þat lond was þo wel iwust · in pes wiþoute strif · [Þat lond] Þis B; Þis lond α; This londe βγδ. was þo] was so B; was þan βγ; þo was δ. wel iwust] wel ywist B; wel ywist α; ykept wel βγ; wel kepte δ. wiþoute] wythouten γ.]  [constanti|nus fit rex.] 
                                
                                  Þer ne come no scottes þuder · ne picards al is lif · [Þer ne come] Þat þer ne come B; Ne come þer αβγ; Ther come δ. no scottes þuder] ne Scottes þider B; no mo (more βγ) scottes hider αβγ; hydir no Scottys δ. picards] pycars B. al is] bi his αβγδ.]

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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 161
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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