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.

                                
                                  & alle þe dukes of brutayne · & þe englisse kinges echone · [þe] om. B. brutayne] Brutons ε. & þe] & αβδ.] 
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                                  Ycome were to þis parlement · bote king oswi one · [Ycome were] Þer come were α; Ther were come β; Thei were y come ε. þis] om. βε. bote] alle bot δ; saue ε. king oswi] Oswi kynge β. one] alone ε.] 
                                
                                  Penda esste þe king anon · wy king oswy nere þere · [esste] askede B; eschte C; axede α; asked βε. nere] nas α; was nouȝt β; was not γ; was noȝt ε.]  [Hearne page 250] 
                                
                                  Þe king sede he vnder stod · þat he sik were · [sede] seid þat ε. sik] ryȝt sike β; right seke γ.]  [Menda|cium pend' pro oswy.] 
                                
                                  Sire quaþ þe oþer to soþe · hit nis noþing so · [quaþ] quod βε. þe oþer] penda αβε; þys oþer δ. to soþe] for soþe αβε. nis] is Cβε; ys δ.] 
                                
                                  Ac he gadereþ uaste is poer · us ssame to do · [uaste is poer] power faste α; power fast βε. us ssame] schame vs αβ; shame vs ε. to] for to αβδε.] 
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                                  & he aþ ysend biȝonde se · after saxons mo · [he] om. C. ysend] isende α; sent β. biȝonde] biȝende α. se] þe see βε; þe se δ.] 
                                
                                  & wole awreke is broþer deþ · he suereþ on vs tuo · [wole] wol C; wil δ; he wol ε. broþer deþ] broþeres deþ β; broþers deeþ ε. suereþ] swerieþ α; seiþ βε.] 
                                
                                  Þeruore ȝif me mid poer · leue þuder to wende · [ȝif] ȝeueþ β; ȝeue ε. me mid] mid me α; with me βε. poer] good power ε. leue þuder to] and leue for to αβε. to] om. BC.] 
                                
                                  & bringe him to ssame & bineþe · er þan he vs ssende · [bringe] I schal brynge ε. him] om. α. to ssame & bineþe] mid schame bineþe α; with schame byneþe β; downe wt shaame ε. er þan] er þat α; or þat βε; ore þat δ.] 
                                
                                  To breke is triwe couenaunt · þe king was loþ þer to · [triwe couenaunt] trewþe þat he made β; trowþe & couenaunt ε.] 
                                
                                  & naþeles is conseil him ȝef · þat he it moste nede do · [&] Ac α. is] om. αβδε. it moste nede] moste nede hit δ. it moste] moste yt B; moste hit C. nede] om. αβε.] 
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                                  Þo penda þis leue adde · he nom poer ynou · [þis leue] his leue ε. nom] toke γ.]  [penda per|sequitur.] 
                                
                                  & toward þis king oswy · over homber drou · [þis] om. δ. drou] he drou α; he drouȝ β; he drowe ε.]

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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 363
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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