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.

                                
                                  Þat he clupede is broþer uor þe treuþe · þat bituene hom was er · [clupede] callid γ. þe] om. αβδ. þat] om. δ.]  [Hearne page 324] 
                                
                                  Þat bodi he onourede ynou · þo he com þer · [he onourede] honowrede he β. þo] when þat β.] 
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                                  & al þe stude uor is loue · & dude uair offringe · [stude] place δ. &] & also β.] 
                                
                                  & amendede þat hous · mid moni riche þinge · [amendede] amendede wel αβ. moni] maniȝe α. riche] a ryche B; a riche δ.] 
                                
                                  & ȝef hom lond & rentes · & confermede al so · [hom] om. αβδ. lond] londe B; londes αβδ.] 
                                
                                  Þe ȝiftes þat oþer kinges · adde er iȝiue þer to · [ȝiftes] ȝeftes B. oþer] oþere α. adde er iȝiue] hadde ȝiuen α; hadde ȝeue β; had ȝeuen δ.] 
                                
                                  Of rentes & of londes · as þe king cuþred · [rentes & of londes] londes & of rentes αβ; londes & rentes γ. cuþred] Cuprede δ.]  [reges dantes glastin|burie.] 
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                                  & king crutwine & Iue · & suþþe king alfred · [crutwine] centwyne BCδ; Grutwyne β. Iue] Ine Bαβδ.] 
                                
                                  Edward & aþelston · Edmund & edgar ·
                                
                                  Hor ȝifte he confermede · to make ech mon ywar · [ȝifte] ȝeftes BC; ȝiftes αβ; ȝiftis δ. to] & to Cαβ. make] makyȝe α. ywar] war γ. See Appendix, Note LL.] 
                                
                                  He confermede hor londes · as frelich to holde ywis · [frelich] frelyche B; freliche α.] 
                                
                                  Bi gode chartre & hor rentes · as þe king huld is · [Bi . . . . rentes] & hare rentes mid god chartre α; And here rentes (her rentis δ) with good chartre βδ.] 
                                
                                  Þis king knout was tuenti ȝer · king of engelonde · [obitus.] 
                                
                                  & in þe a þousend ȝer of grace · & þritti ich vnder stonde · [in þe a] in a BC; in o α; in oo β; in þe δ. &] et α.] 
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                                  & sixe he deide at ssaftesburi · & at winchestre wiþ gret prute · [ssaftesburi] ssaftebury B; schaftebury C; schafteburi α. wiþ gret prute] wt pride β; ȝe schul wete δ.] 
                                
                                  At sein swithines he was ibured · þere as he liþ ȝute · [ibured] buryed γ. þere . . . . ȝute] þat was knowyn wide β; þat knowen was wyde γ. ȝute] ȝette δ.]

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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 481
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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