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.

Þo sede king knout aȝe · traytour þou art ywis · [king] the kynge γ. aȝe] ayen γ traytour] a traytoure δ. art] ert Cα.] & muche aȝen god & aȝen me · þou ast ydo amys · [&] Wel αδ; om. β. aȝen] aȝe BC; aȝenst αδ; ayenst γ. & aȝen me] & me Cαβδ. ydo] doun β; doñ δ.] Wanne þou ast þin owe louerd · as þou me tellest vore · [me] om. B. tellest] telst α.] To so vile deþe ybroȝt · þat was mi broþer ysuore · [ysuore] swore β.] His blod þat þou madest ssede · ssal harde come on þe · [þat] om. αβ. ssal harde come] þat harde schal come β. on] to αβδ.] 6380 Vor þin owe mouþ þe aþ ydemd · bi þat þou seist me · [þe aþ ydemd] þe haþ idampned C; þe dempneþ α; þee dampneþ β; þe damp|neth δ. me] nou me α; to me β.] He let caste þis traitour · in þe eueninge late · [in þe] in þan α; in an δ. late] ryȝt late β.] [Mersio edric.] At an fenestre in temese · noise vorto abate · [an] om. B; one α; a Cγ. in] in to β. noise] nouse B; þe noise β. vorto] vort α.] & let him stilleliche adrenche · uor monnes speche þere · [let him] om. αβδ. adrenche] to adrenche δ. monnes] manne B.] 6384 & þat was lo is noble mede · to lute þei it were · [lo] om. αβδ. is noble] hi[s] noble α; þe heiȝe β.] Þe luþer traitour is sone · auaunced was ȝut bet · [was ȝut] was ȝute α; yit was γ; ȝitte was δ.] [Traccio occisoris.] Vor is robe & is dignete · was al wel bi set · [was al wel] was wel al α; al was wel γ.] He ȝef him such auauncement · as he wolde he suor is oþ · [He ȝef . . . oþ] He was avaunced as þe kynge wolde & swore his oþe β.] Þat he ne dorste neuer eft · carie of mete ne of cloþ · [he] him δ. ne dorste] ne derste C; ne þorte α; ne þurst β; neded δ. neuer eft] neuer ef B. carie] kariȝe α; care βδ. of m ete ne of cloþ] of drynke ne cloþe β; for his mete ne for clothe δ.]
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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 464
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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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