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.

                                
                                  A robe he let him ssape uerst · of blod red scarlet þere · [A] An BC; One α; Oγ. ssape] schuppe α. uerst] om. β. scarlet] scarleit α.]  [Hearne page 313] 
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                                  Þe ssarpe stones bi þe stret · is tailors were · [stret] strete B. were] þo were αδ; þan were β.] 
                                
                                  Vor he let him mid hors to drawe · fram strete to strete · [to drawe] drawe δ.] 
                                
                                  Þat þe peces folle of is ffless · aboute moni & grete · [Þat] om. αβδ. folle] ffelle B; ful C; fellen αδ; felle β. of is] of þe αδ; fro þe β; from the γ. ffless] flechs α. moni] monye B; manyȝe α.] 
                                
                                  Þe tailors corue so moni peces · uor is robe ne ssolde powȝe · [Þe tailors . . . peces] Vale peces made þe tailors α; Many peces made þe tailour β. Þe] Þo δ. moni] monge B. ne ssolde] schulde not δ; shulde not γ. powȝe] powe B; pouwe C; pouhe α; powȝ δ; poke β.] 
                                
                                  He ne dorste carie noȝt · of þe winter cowȝe · [He . . . noȝt] Ne þorte kariȝe nout þo α; Hym neded noght care þo δ; Neuer nedede him care more β. dorste carie] dorste þo carye B; derste þo cary C. of þe winter cowȝe] for no wynter cloke β. cowȝe] kouhe α; couwe BC.] 
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                                  Suþþe he let smite of is heued · bi þe ssoldren as me sey · [ssoldren] schulder β. sey] isei C; sede δ.] 
                                
                                  & let it sette vp on þe tour · of londone an hey · [it] him δ. þe] om. B. an hey] þat is so hey α; þat is so heiȝe β; þat was a good dede δ.] 
                                
                                  & so he was hey man ymad · as he bihet him to is mede · [hey] heiȝe α. ymad] ymaked α; made γ. bihet] bihyȝt β; hyȝt δ. him] om. β. is] om. αβ.] 
                                
                                  Alle traitours & louerd suiken · god late hom so spede · [louerd suiken] lord sweken C; louerd swykes α; luþer swikes β; lond swykes δ. late] let α; latte γ. so] so to δ.] 
                                
                                  KNout was þo al one king · as wo seiþ of enge|londe · [al one] al oo β.] 
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                                  Of norþwei of denemarch · & gret poer adde an honde · [norþwei] noreweiȝe α; Norwey γ. of] & of δ. an] on αγ.]

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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 465
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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