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.

                                
                                  & defoulede him vnder him · mid hond & mid fote · [defoulede him] defoulede þe traitor (traitour β) αβ; defouled þe traytoure ε. hond] honde Bα.] 
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                                  Þis þef þat lay bi neþe · þoȝte on luþer bote · [Þis] Þe B; Þis vlke α; This ilke β; Thys ilke δ; This ylke ε. þef] þuf α. bi neþe] byneþe hym B. þoȝte] þouȝt him ε. luþer] a luþer δε.] 
                                
                                  & smot þen king þat lay bineþe · in þe brust dep ynou · [& . . . bineþe] He lay bineþe & smot þane king α; He lay (laye δ) byneþe & smote þe kynge (kyng ε) βδε. þen] þe BC. þat lay bineþe] wyþ a knyf B. in] in to ε. brust] breste B; hurte α; herte β; hert ε. dep] depe Bβ; dup α.] 
                                
                                  To grete harm of al þe lond · þe gode king so slou · [To . . . lond] Mid one longe knyue α; With a longe knyf β; Wiþ a long knyffe ε. To] & to BC. of al þe] to al þys B; to al þe δ. þe] þis C; & þene α; and þat β. gode] om. δ. so] he Bαβε; so he δ.] 
                                
                                  Þat folc to drou þat traytour · ech lime pece mele · [folc] om. δ. to drou] to drewe γ. þat] þen B; þe Cδ; þane α. lime] lim α.] 
                                
                                  Þe king bigan bi is lif · is god wol wyde dele · [Þe king] & þe king α; And þan β; And þei ε. bi] by al B; al bi Cαβε; al by δ. lif] leue C. wol] wel Bαε; ryȝt β; om. δ. dele] forto dele δ; to dele ε.]  [Hearne page 278] 
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                                  & þe toun of pokele chirche · & oþere þat þer were · [pokele chirche] pokelchyrche B; pokelchurche C; pokeles|chirche αβ; Puckel chirche ε. þer were] ys were B; his were Cαβδε.]  [sepultura.] 
                                
                                  He ȝef in to glastingbury · & let him burye þere · [in to] to αβδε. him burye] berie him δ. þere] om. α.] 
                                
                                  & þere he liþ ȝut to þis day · ac ynot to wuche dome · [to] in to C. þis] þus B. ynot] ich not α; I wote noȝt ε. to] þoru BCα; þurȝ β; þrouȝ δ. to wuche] as to ε. dome] dom α.] 
                                
                                  Þe toun suþþe of pokel chirche · fram glastingbury come · [Þe] how þe ε. suþþe] om. αβδε. come] com α; seth come δ.] 
                                
                                  Seint dunston was at glastinbury · þo þe king ywounded was · [ywounded] wounde γ.] 
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                                  Ȝut þoru ioye of þe deuel · he wuste of þat cas · [Ȝut] & ȝut BC; & α; And βδε. þoru ioye] for ioiȝe α; for ioie Cβ; for Ioye δ; by ioying ε. þe] om. Bβ. deuel] deouel α.]

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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 411
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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