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.

                                
                                  & wod him vp to londe · him þoȝte late inou · [wod] wed B; wende α; wente β; went γδ. him þoȝte] hym þoȝte er B; hit þoute hym to C.] 
                                
                                  & bi held toward þe water · & is grete herte wiþ drou · [&] He Bα; hei C. biheld] bihuld α. toward] om. β. water] water þan β. grete herte] herte þan β.] 
                                
                                  Wite "he" sede alle men · þat an erþe wonieþ her · [Wite] Witen α; Weteþ β. an erþe wonieþ] on erþe wonyȝeþ α; woneþ on erþe β.] 
                                
                                  Þat it nis bote þe pure mase · eni kinges poer · [nis] is β. þe pure] pur α; pure β; om. δ. mase] masse B. kinges] erlych kynges C.] 
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                                  Ne þat no mon nis wurþe · to be icluped king · [nis wurþe] nis worþi C; ys wurþe B; nis werþe α; is worþi β; ys worthie δ. to] om. α. icluped] callid γ.] 
                                
                                  Bote þe heie king of heuene · þat wroȝte alle þing · [heie] om. αβδ. wroȝte] made αβδ.] 
                                
                                  Þat haþ heste of water · & of erþe al so · [water] watere α. erþe] þe erþe β.] 
                                
                                  Of heuene of helle of ech þing · mot nede is heste do · [Of] om. B. heuene of helle] Heuene & helle B; helle of hefne α. of] & Bδ. ech] eche Cδ; alle β. mot nede] þat moten α; þat mote β; þat most δ. is heste] heuene hestis β.] 
                                
                                  & abowe him as louerd · vor man non ywis · [abowe] habbe B. him as] to hym as to a C; as to α; to him as β. man] y nam BC; ich nam α; I am β; eche man δ. non] nowe δ.] 
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                                  Þeruore me to clupie king · mid vnriȝt it is · [me to clupie king] to calle me a kynge β; to calle me kynge γ; me clepud kynge δ. mid] with gret β. vnriȝt] wronge δ. is] is ywysse δ.] 
                                
                                  Þeruore ich bihote god · þat ine ssal kinges croune · [Þeruore] om. β. god] to god Cδ. ine] ich ne α. kinges] neuer þe kynges β.] 
                                
                                  Neuere bere an erþe · vor mi poer is þer doune · [Neuere] om. β. an] on αδ; apon þis β; vpon this γ. doune] ydoñ δ.] 
                                
                                  He wende him uorþ to chirche · & biuore þe rode com · [Coronacio crucis.]  [him] om. C. com] he com α.] 
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                                  & mid mek herte pitoslicche · is kinges croune nom · [mek herte] muke hurte α. pitoslicche] pyteslyche B. is kinges] his kine (sic) α; þis kynge his 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 478
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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