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.

He wende & robbede of þis lond · al þe norþ side · [of] al B.] [predacio borialis.] Norhumber & lindeseye · & destruede wyde · [Norhumber] Norþhomber B; Northumber α; Norþhumberlonde β.] Euere fram watelinge stret · & so bi oxenford · [& so] so αβ. oxenford] oxeneforde α.] Hii come & nome winchestre · & so walinford · [so] suþþe C. walinford] walyngford C; wlingforde α; walyng|forde γ.] Fram walingford hii wende · & þen toun of baþe nome · [þen] þane α; þe BC; þat β.] 6076 So þat suan was king yholde · ware so he euere come · [yholde] hi holde C. w re so he euere] whar hi α; whare þei β; whare þat þey δ. he euere] euere he C.] Ac þe king of engelond · in such sor & morninge · [sor] sorewe α; sorowe βδ.] [Missio filii neus|trie.] Carede of is ȝonge sones · mest of alle þinge · [of] for δ. m est] moste γ. alle] eny δ.] Leste hii were defouled oȝt · vor hii ne couþe of fiȝtinge · [Leste] Laste Cα. defouled] defoulde B. oȝt] out α. hii ne couþe] he couþe nout α; þei couþe nouȝt β.] 6080 Þeruore in to normandie · he let hom sone bringe · Boþe alfred & seint edward · & þe quene hor moder also · [Hearne page 300] Wiþ þe duc richard þe quene broþer · vorte such wo were ydo · [þe] om. αβ. þe quene] hure αβ; hir δ. vorte] for C; vort α; vn to β; forto δ. such] swich C; þe αβδ. wo] wowe α; werre βδ. ydo] do γ.] Ac is eldoste sone · Edmond yrene syde · [eldoste] vldeste α.] Vor he was hardi & god kniȝt · at hom he let abide · [hardi & god kniȝt] knyȝt hardi & god (good β) αβ; knyght hardy & good δ. god] gode B. abide] him bide β.] 6085
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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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Page 443
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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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