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 bihet god to wende · þen holi wei to rome · [þen] þe Bαβ; þane C. holi] om. C.]  [via rome.] 
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                                  So þat he & is kniȝtes · wiþ gode herte þen wei nome · [wiþ god herte] om. αβ. þen wei] þane wei C; þane wey þuder α; þilke weie þider β. nome] come β.] 
                                
                                  & as he toward rome · wende bi moni londe · [toward rome wende] wende toward rome α; wente towarde Rome β. moni] mony a B; many a δ; manyȝe mannes α; manye mennes β. londe] lond Bα.] 
                                
                                  Wanne he eny luþer lawes · in eni stude vonde · [he] om. β. in] on α. stude] stede C; cuntrey γ. vonde] vond B; fond α.] 
                                
                                  Þe prince oþer louerd of þe stude · sone he ne oȝt soȝte · [oþer] or β. þe] om. B; þat β. stude] stede C. sone . . . . soȝte] of amendement he him souȝt β. ne oȝt] out BCα; owte δ.] 
                                
                                  & bote he grantede him amendement · mid is tresour he it boȝte · [he] me C. him] om. αβδ. is] om. Bαβδ. tresour] om. γ. it] him β.] 
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                                  & vor he was mon of such poer · vewe aȝen him wroȝte · [mon] a man δ.] 
                                
                                  So þat euere ware he com · gode lawes he broȝte · [ware] whar α.] 
                                
                                  Gentil men þat he vond · in prison ek ydo · [Gentil] Gengyl B. men] mon A. ek ydo] owher do β; owhere doo γ.] 
                                
                                  Oþer in warde mid vnriȝt · he boȝte hom out al so · [boȝte] broute α; brouȝt β.] 
                                
                                  At rome he was vaire auonge · & asoiled al so · [vaire auonge] auonge vayre B; vnderfonge vaire C. auonge] ifonge α; yfonge δ; vnderfonge β. & asoiled] & assoillede Cα; schreue & assoiled β. al so] þo δ.]  [reditus anglie.] 
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                                  Aȝen he wende to engelond · þo al þis was ydo · [Aȝen he wende] And aȝen wente β. wende] come δ. ydo] do γ.] 
                                
                                  Þo he com aȝen at glastingbury · him longede ar he were · [glastin|buria & emendacio eius.]  [at] to αβ. ar] er α; or γ.] 
                                
                                  Vor loue of king edmund · þat yburyed was þere · [loue] þe loue αβδ. yburyed] ybured B; ibured C; iburiȝed α; buryed γ.]

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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 480
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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