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.

                                
                                  & þat ech man knewe oþer · þat in teþinge were · [knewe] knewen α; knowen β; knowe ε. oþer] oþere α. teþinge] teoþinge α.] 
                                
                                  & wuste somdel of hor stat · ȝif me þefþe vpe hom bere · [wuste] wiste α; eche knewe ε. hor stat] oþers astate ε. me . . . . hom] any man þeft on oþer ε. þefþe] þu B; þufþe α; þeft β; thefte δ. vpe] vpon γ.] 
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                                  So streit he was þat þei me leyde · amidde weyes heye · [he] hit β; it γ. þat] om. γε. þei me] though men γ. leyde] ledde B. amidde] amyddes β; vpon þe δ. weyes heye] þe heiȝe weiȝe α; þe hye strete β; þe hiȝe wey ε.] 
                                
                                  Seluer þat nomon ne dorste · hit nyme vor beye hor eye · [Seluer] om. β; Syluer or gold ε. nomon] non man B. ne dorste . . . . eye] hit durst take þe lawe was so grete β. ne] om. δε. nyme] take δε. vor beye hor eye] þey he yt seye B; for his eiȝe α; fore his eye δ; for his yȝe ε.] 
                                
                                  Abbeys he rerde monion · In mony studes ywis · [Abbeys] Abbeiȝes α. rerde] rared β; rered γ. monion] maniȝe on α. In] and B. mony] maniȝe α.] 
                                
                                  At winchestre he rerde on · þat nywe munstre ycluped ys · [nywe munstre] nowe mynstre β.] 
                                
                                  His lif eyȝte & tuenti ȝer · in is kinedom ylaste · [See Appendix, Note BB.]  [in] on δ.]  [Obitus alfredi.] 
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                                  After is deþ he was ybured · at winchestre atte laste · [See Appendix, Note BB.] 
                                
                                  EDward is gode sone · king was ymad þo · [gode] god α. ymad] made γ.] 
                                
                                  In þe ȝer of grace nyen hundred ȝer · & on & nammo · [ȝer . . . . ȝer] nyne hundred yere of grace γ. nyen] nyȝe α. ȝer] om. αβ. & on] om. αβε.] 
                                
                                  Foure & tuenty ȝer he was king · & to more poer com · [com] come B.] 
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                                  Þan euere is fader dude · ac noȝt to so gret wisdom · [euere] euere ȝut α; euer ȝit βε. ac] bot δ. noȝt] boȝt B. to] om. αβδ; of 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 394
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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