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.

                                
                                  So þat ȝif þer eni was · þat aȝen him herte bere · [eni] ony δ. herte] hurte α] 
                                
                                  Him þoȝte is poer noþing nas · ac uor noȝt as it were · [noþing] non þyng B. nas] was β. uor . . . it] as vor noȝt yt B; as for nout hit α; as hit for nouȝt β; as for noght hit δ.] 
                                
                                  Ac was to him al clene ysuore · þer nas non bi hinde · [Ac was] As was B; Hi were α; Thei were β; They were δ. ysuore] sworne γ. nas] was] 
                                
                                  Þo was he al clene louerd · to binde & unbinde · [al] om. δ. louerd] a lord δ.] 
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                                  A wif þat het ailiue · he adde er of gret fame · [A] O αγ. ailiue] Ailyne β; Alyue γ. he adde . . . fame] of gret fame he hadde β. er] þer α; om. δ.]  [ij filii.] 
                                
                                  Bi hire he adde an sone · harald was is name · [an] one α; oo γ. harald . . . name] his name was Haralde β.] 
                                
                                  Þat of þe kunde was of denemarch · in eiþer half al out · [of þe kunde was] was of þe kunde α; was of þe kynde βδ.] 
                                
                                  Bi emme he adde an oþer sone · þat het hardeknout · [an] on α. het] hight γ.] 
                                
                                  Þat beye were kinges after him · as me ssal sone rede · [Þat] Tho δ. beye were] were bothe γ; boþe were δ. after him] om. αβ.] 
                                
                                  Þis king was þo þoru out al · mon of noble dede · [Þis] Þe αβ. out] om. β.] 
                                
                                  Þo he was al one king · of þe grete londes · þre · [þe] om. B. þre] þere (sic) α.] 
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                                  Him þoȝte al þe world ne miȝte · aȝen is poer be · [al] þat al α; þat alle β. is poer] him αβ; om. γ.] 
                                
                                  & naþeles he bigan is herte · in bocsomnesse amende · [&] Ac αδ; But γ. bigan] gan αβδ; ganne γ. amende] to amende β.] 
                                
                                  & þoȝte on þe vaire grace · þat vr louerd him sende · [on] in α. vaire] om. β. vr] houre B; oure α.] 
                                
                                  & louede englissemen · & engelond þer to · [Hearne page 319] 
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                                  & muche louede holi chirche · & susteinede al so · [muche louede] eke αδ; also β. susteinede] cristendom α; Crys|tendome βδ.]  [leuacio ecclesia|rum.] 
                                
                                  & restorede abbeis · þat destrued were biuore · [destrued] destrud B; destrude α. were biuore] weren biforne γ.] 
                                
                                  & chirchen let vp arere · þat were arst as uorlore · [Omitted in δ. chirchen . . . . arere] chirchen let vprere α; chirches he dide vp rere β. arst as] arst β; erst γ. uorlore] verlore B; forlorn β.]

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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 472
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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