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 nom wiþ him of engelond · kniȝtes gode monion · [nom] nam α. kniȝtes gode] god knyȝt B; gode knytes α; goode knyȝttes β; good knyȝtis δ.] & mid gret poer & muche folc · þuderward wende anon · [&] om. δ. wende] vende B.] [folio 97b] 6526 & so þat he sone com · bi side is fon Echon · [&] om. Bαβ. þat . . . com] whenne he nere þider come β. bi side] bisides β.] & bileuede him þere al niȝt · & is ost al so · [& bileuede] & bilefde α; He bileued β. is] al hys B; al his αβ; alle his δ.] & þoȝte anon amorwe · strong bataile to do · [amorwe] on morowe γ. to] om. B.] A gret erl of þis lond · godwine was is name · [A] O α. erl] vrl α.] [bellum godwine.] 6530 Mid is poer mid him was · þat monimon dude ssame · [Mid . . . . mid] Mid . . . . wiþ α. Mid] And δ. mid him] wiþ him α; þat with him β. monimon] monyon B; manion α; many one γ; many a man δ.] Vor þis lond as me ssal ihure · ofte he dude bi traie · [lond] man β. ihure] hure B; here γ. he dude] dude he α; dud he δ; dide he β; he dide γ.] [Hearne page 320] He þoȝte þo hou hii miȝte · king knout best paye · [hii] he Bαγ. miȝte] miyȝt best β; might best γ. king] þe kyng B; þe king α; þe kynge δ. best] om. β. paye] apaiȝe α.] Bi niȝte him & is poer · he let armi þere · [him] he βδ. he let] lete hem β; hem lete δ.] & wende so an onywar · as þe kinges fon were · [wende so an onywar] wende forþ an onywar α; wende forthe al vnware δ; al vnwar þus wente forþe β; al vnware went forthe thus γ. as] þer αβδ; there γ.] 6535 & fond hom as aslepe · he leyde on hom to grounde · [as] as wo seyþ B; alle β; om. δ. he] & αβδ. on hom] hem on δ.] & slou & to drof hom alle in a lute stounde · [slou & to drof] to drof & slou α; to drof & slouȝ δ; to drofe and also slouȝ β. a lute] a lutel B; o lute α; one β; a δ.] A morwe þo þe king wolde · wende vp is fon · [wende vp is fon] wende opon his fon α; on his fone gone β.] & miste godwine & is men · of gile he dradde anon ·
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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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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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