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.

King alfred is godfader was · & baptized ek þer were · [baptized] ybaptysed B; ifolled α; folled β; followed γ; fulled δ; y fulled ε. ek] also β.] Line 5380 Þritty of hor hexte dukes · & moche of þat folc þere · [hexte] highest γ; hiȝest ε. of þat] oþer αδε; oþere β; of her other γ. þere] þer I lere ε.] King alfred hom huld wiþ him · tuelf dawes as þe hende · [hom huld] ham held α; helde hem ε. tuelf] tyl twelue ε. as þe hende] as he hende B; were ended ε.] & suþþe he ȝef hom large ȝiftes · & let hom hom wende · [he ȝef hom large] ȝaf ham α; ȝaue hem βε; ȝaf hem δ. hom hom] hym B; ham hom α; hem home γε.] Hii þat nolde cristine be · of londe flowe þo · [nolde cristine be] cristene nolde be o α; cristen wolde nouȝt be β; Cristen be nolde δ; cristen wold noȝt be ε. of] out of ε; owte of δ. londe] lond B. flowe] þei dude hem fle ε.] & biȝonde se in france · dude wel moche wo · [&] om. ε. se] þe see β. dude wel moche wo] with muche dole & wo β; wiþ muchel wo ε.] Line 5385

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Ȝut þe ssrewen come eft aȝen · & moche wo here wroȝte · [þe ssrewen come] come þe schrewen α; comen þe schrewes β; come þe shrewes γ; come þe schrewes δε. eft] om. B. aȝen] aȝe α. here] om. αβδε.] Ac king alfred atte laste · to ssame hom euere broȝte · [Ac] om. αβδε. king] þe kyng B. to ssame hom euere] euer to schame (shame ε) hem βε.] King alfred was wisost king · þat longe was biuore · [King] om. αβε. was wisost king] wysest kynge was δ. was] om. αβε. wisost] þe wysost B; þe wisest α; þe wysest ε. biuore] byforn β.] [sapiencia alfredi.] Vor þey me segge þat lawe s beþ·in worre tyme uor|lore · [þey] þouȝ ε. me segge] men sey γε. þat] þe B. lawes . . . . tyme] in worre tyme lawes beth δ. beþ] bene γ. uorlore] ilore α; lorn β; y lore ε.]
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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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