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.

                                
                                  Vor þat lond vp wan þou ernst · & vp wan ich sitte her · [þat] þe β. vp wan] op wham α; apon whom β. ernst] vrnst Bα; ernest δ; rennest β. & vp wan] & ope wham α; on whom β; & vp whan δ.] 
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                                  Is clene min al aboute · vor þou wost inabbe no per · [al aboute] al oute δ. wost] wotest γ. inabbe] ich nabbe α; I haue βδ.] 
                                
                                  Þeruore ich hote þe · þin wexinge þat þou lete · [hote] ote B. þe] þee nowe β. þin] þyne B; þi αγ. þat þou] anon B; anon to Cαδ; anone to β; anone thou γ.] 
                                
                                  Þat þou ne be so hardi noȝt · þin louerdes cloþes to wete · [so hardi noȝt] so hardi αβ; not so hardye δ. þin louerdes] þine louerdes α; thi lordes γ. cloþes] clothe δ.] 
                                
                                  No is limes ac vp min owe · let me in pes sitte · [No] Ne BCαβδ. limes] knyghtis δ. vp min owe] apon myn owen γ. vp] ope α. let] lat C.]  [Hearne page 322] 
                                
                                  Oþer bi þe fey ich owe to god · icholle rekeni mitte · [Oþer] Or γ. fey] feiþe β; feyth δ. ich] þat ych B; þat ic C; þat I δ. owe] ou B. to god] to þe BCαδ; to þee β. icholle] ychelle B; ich wole α; I wil β; I wol γ. rekeni] rikeni α; rekene þee β; rekyn the γ.] 
                                
                                  Þat water dude uorþ is kunde · & wax euere uaste · [Þat] Þe B. uorþ] om. αβδ. wax] wexe γ; waxt δ.] 
                                
                                  So þat to þis grete louerd · it com atte laste · [þis] þe β.] 
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                                  & watte is sson & is vet · so longe it wax an hey · [watte] wette β; wete γ. sson] ssone B; ton α; toon β; toos δ. so] & so β. wax] wexe γ; wext δ. an] on γ.] 
                                
                                  Þat it watte is brech al aboute · & euere vpward it stey · [Omitted in δ. watte] wette β; wete γ. brech] brych B; breke β. al] om. α. vpward] opward α; vpard B. stey] tey α; teiȝe β; teye γ.] 
                                
                                  So þat is hupes smorte · & of cale were ney · [So] om. δ. hupes] hepes C. smorte] smourte B; smerte αδ. &] & also β. of cale] of cold B; of cal α; of colde β; acolde δ; colde γ. were] was he β; was so γ.] 
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                                  Þis grete louerd sturte him vp · þo he oþer ne sey · [Omitted in δ. sturte] sterte γ. vp] op α (& passim).]

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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 477
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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