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.

                                
                                  Þou bede hom uor to helpe þe · ac to þin wo · hii beþ icome · [bede] prayed β. uor] om. αβγ. ac] δ; at AB; & αβ. þin] þi α. beþ icome] ben come δ.] 
                                
                                  Tweye sorwes beþ þe vpon · & þe ne worþ noþer bi nome · [Tweye sorwes beþ þe] Sorewes þe worþe tweiȝe α; Sorowes schal be two þer β; Sorowes þe worthe tweyn δ. beþ þe] þe beþ B. & þe . . . . noþer] noþer ne worþ þe α; nouþer ne schal þe β; & þe worthe noþer δ. noþer] nowþer B. bi nome] benome δ.] 
                                
                                  Vor þe saxons destruyes · þi lond in þe on ende · [þe] om. αβ. destruyes] destruyeþ B; destruyȝeþ α; destrueþ β; distruyth δ. þi] þis αβ. in þe] in to þo B; in þat αβδ.]  [Hearne page 134] 
                                
                                  Þe tueye breþeren in þe on half · vpe þi lond wole wende · [þe on] þe oþer B; þat oþer αβ; þe oþere δ. wole] wol B; wolleþ α.] 
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                                  To awreke on þe hor fader deþ · þe ne tit no peys · [awreke] awerke α; awreken δ. on þe] ham of α; hem of β; om. δ. hor] heor B. fader] faderis β; faders γ. þe] & þe α; & þee β. ne tit] ne tyd B; ne tideþ αβ; tytte haue δ.]  [folio 47b] 
                                
                                  Vor hii wolleþ tomorwe ariue · at te hauene of tote|neys · [hii wolleþ tomorwe] to morewe hi wolleþ α; to morowe þei wollen β; to morowñ þey wil δ. at te] at þe αβ. hauene] haue B; hafne α.] 
                                
                                  & wanne hengist is aslawe · aureli worþ king · [is aslawe] worth yslawe δ. worþ] schal be βδ.] 
                                
                                  Pays he wole bringe aȝen · & chirchen þoru alle þing · [he wole] hi wolleþ α. chirchen] churches γ.] 
                                
                                  Apoysoned he worþ atte laste · & after him worþ ido · [worþ] schal be β. laste] ende B. worþ ido] an haste B; schal be do β.] 
                                
                                  His broþer in þe kinedom · þat apoisond worþ al so · [in þe] schal haue þe B; on his α; in his βδ. worþ] schal be β. al so] atte laste B.] 
                                
                                  So gret trayson worþ among hom · þat after þe ssolle come · [So] om. αβδ. worþ] schal be β. ssolle] wil δ.] 
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                                  Ac þe cornwaillisse bor · hom ssal chasti some · [cornwaillisse] cornewailes B; Cornysche δ. chasti] chaste B; chastise β.]

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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 202
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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