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.

                                
                                  HArald þe kinges sone knout · after him was king · [þe] om. C.] 
                                
                                  Ykrouned he was at oxenford · a ssrewe þoru alle þing · [Ykrouned] Crouned γ. oxenford] oxenforde α. a] o α.] 
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                                  Of þe kunde he was of denemarch · of þe eror wif ybore · [he was] om. β. þe] om. C. eror] erore Cα; herror β; first δ. wif] wyue αβ.] 
                                
                                  Þe lasse he louede englissemen · & engelond þeruore · [louede] loue α.] 
                                
                                  Þe verste ȝer þat he was king · Emme þe gode quene · [Hearne page 325] 
                                
                                  He drof out of engelond · & is ssrewede made isene · [He] om. δ. ssrewede] schrewehede α; schrewednes β; schrewed|nesse δ. made isene] he made sene β.]  [fugacio regine.] 
                                
                                  Is stepmoder is fader wif · þat quene adde ybe tueie · [fader] fadris C. ybe] be γ. tueie] twyȝe α.] 
                                
                                  Of engelond & þat is fader · let vette in normandie · [&] om. αβδ. vette] vecche C; fecche αβδ.] 
                                
                                  Þo þis quene was of londe ydriue · þoru hire wiþer|wine · [ydriue] dryue γ. wiþerwine] weþerwyne Cβ.]  [folio 99a] 
                                
                                  Heo wende to þe erl of flaundres · þat het baldewine · [Heo] He C. het] heit C.] 
                                
                                  Þis erl hire vaire vnder veng · þat was hende & fre · [hire vaire] faire hure β. vnder veng] vndervong B.] 
                                
                                  & toc hire þe castel of bruges · Inne vorto be · [bruges] brugges α. Inne] þer inne αβ.] 
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                                  Þere was þis gode quene · wiþoute eni striuing · [Þere] Þar α. wiþoute eni] with owten β.] 
                                
                                  Vorte hire stepsone was ded · harald þe luþer king · [Vorte] Vort α; Vn to β. was] were α.] 
                                
                                  Vor he was king bote four ȝer · & six monþes vnneþe · [was] nas BCα.] 
                                
                                  Ar he lay at oxenford · & drou toward þe deþe · [Ar] Or γ.] 
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                                  & deide þer in pine inou · & suþþe is bodi me ber · [pine] peyne β.]  [obitus.] 
                                
                                  To þe abbei of westmunstre · & burede it uaire þer · [abbei] abbeyȝe α. westmunstre] Westmonastre 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 482
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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