Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse

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.

Þo aureli wuste · þat hii were yflowe to hurne · [wuste] wiste B; hit wiste α; hit wist β. yflowe] flowen βδ. to hurne] to þe hurne δ.] [aurelius persequitur.] He was glad þat hii were aferd · & þoȝte be hom sturne · [be] to be β; to be to δ.] He ȝarkede is ost & sywede · after hom uaste norþ · [He . . . . norþ] He wt hys oste hem sewed after as þey flowen euere northe δ. is] om. α. norþ] Bα; norþe βδ; vorþ A.] [Hearne page 138] & þo he sey þe contreys · as he passede vorþ · [contreys] contreiȝes α. vorþ] euere forthe δ.] 2910 & destrued & bar in eche half · gret deol hii made þere · [& destrued] Destruyde Bαβ. bar] bare B; barnde α; brent β; eke brannyde δ. gret] þat grete δ. hii] he Bαβδ.] & nameliche uor chirchen · þat icast adoun were · [chirchen] chirchene α; chirches B; churches γ; þe churches δ. þat] om. α. icast] cast βδ. adoun] to gronde B; doun to grounde δ.] He bihet god almiȝti · ȝif he sende him þe ouer hond · [bihet] behyȝt β; bihighte γ. sende him] him sende αβ.] [folio 48b] To rere vp aȝen þe chirchen · aboute in to al þat lond · [rere] arere δ. vp] om. αβδ. þe chirchen] þe chirches B; þo chirches β; tho churches γ; þe churches δ. in to al] in al α; al in β; in alle δ.] Þo hengist wuste þat he com · toward scotlonde · [he] heo B.] He ȝarkede is ost uaste · aȝen him uor to stonde · [ȝarkede] arayed δ. aȝen] aȝenst αβ; ayenst γ. him] hem B.] Eldol erl of gloucestre · as he wende in þis verhede · [Eldol] Eldolf þe β. þis] his αβδ. verhede] ferhede Bα; forehede β; forhede γ; verehede δ.] [Dictum eldol.] Toward bataile to þe king · þes wordes he sede · [bataile] þe batail Bβ. to] mid α; with β.] Sire king uor al þe dawes · þat ichabbe anerþe y go · [dawes] dayes Bγ. anerþe] on erþe B; in erþe αβ. y go] y be δ.] O day me wolde þinche ynou · to libbe wiþ oute mo · [libbe] habbe α; haue β; lybe δ. wiþ oute mo] þat I myght se δ.]
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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.
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Robert, of Gloucester, fl. 1260-1300.
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London,: Printed for H. M. Stationery off., by Eyre and Spottiswoode,
1887.
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English language -- Dialects -- England
English language
Great Britain -- History

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