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 such ende it was riȝt icome · as he compaced in is þoȝt · [&] om. αβγ. such] suc B. riȝt] om. Bαβγδ. icome] come γ. he] he hadde B; om. δ. compaced] compasede α; ycom|paced B.] 
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                                  & naþeles he fenede him · þat me ne vnderȝete it noȝt · [ll. 2375,2376 transposed in αβγ.]  [&] Ac αδ; But βγ. me ne vnderȝete] me vnderȝet B; me nuste α; men wist βγ; he nust δ.] 
                                
                                  At londone þis king was aslawe · he let nyme anon · [þis king was] was þe king α; was þe kynge βγδ. aslawe] yslaw B; yslawe δ; slayn βγ. he] hem βγ. let] let þo Bα; lete þan βγ; lete þo δ. nyme] take βγδ.]  [occisio pictorum.] 
                                
                                  Þe picars & þoru Iugement · let smite of hor heueden echon · [let] om. αβγδ. hor heueden] þe hedes Bδ; hare hefden α; here hedes β; her hedes γ.] 
                                
                                  Þere he kudde wat he was · vnkunde ssrewe & quoynte ·
                                
                                  & al it was þat me ne vnderȝete · is suikedom in no poynte · [& . . . vnderȝete] Ac hit was not vnderstond δ. & al it was] Ac al he dude B; om. αβγ. me ne vnderȝete] men vnderstode nouȝt βγ. is] in B. suikedom] wyckedom δ; wisedome γ. in no] in none kunnes α; in no kynnes βγ.] 
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                                  And naþeles wel me it ortrowede · & ne leuede noȝt is glose · [And] Ac α; But βγ. wel] om. Bαβγδ. ortrowede] trowede B; ortrwede wel α; ouertrowed wel βγ; ouertrowed δ. ne] om. Bαβγ. leuede] lefde α; leued βγ.]  [Hearne page 110] 
                                
                                  Þe kinges ȝonge breþeren · aurel · & ambrose · [ȝonge] om. B. aurel] Aureli αδ; Aurely βγ; Aurele B.]  [fuga aurelii & ambrosii.] 
                                
                                  Dradde vor hor eritage · ymorþred to be · [to] for to Bαβγδ.] 
                                
                                  & hii þat hom adde awarde · þeruore hom gonne bi se · [awarde] to ward B; in warde βγδ. hom] om. B; hi α; þe β; þey δγ.] 
                                
                                  & to þe lasse brutayne · wende to þe kinge · [þe] om. βγ. wende] þei went βγ.]  [folio 41b] 
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                                  & he sousteined hom wel · uor drede of þis þinge · [& he sousteined] Þat sustenede α; For to susteyne βγ. hom] hem Bβ; ham α; theym γ. wel] þere βγ. þis] þisse α.]  [vortigernus fit rex.]

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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 169
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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