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.

                                
                                  Þo hii come to guldeforde · þe erl godwine þe ssrewe · [guldeforde] gildeforde α. þe erl] þys erl B; þis erl Cαβδ.] 
                                
                                  Let þis gultelese men · sette al arewe · [Let] Lete B. þis] þes αδ. sette] sitten α; setten hem β. al] alle α; om. β. arewe] on a rewe βδ; on rewe γ.] 
                                
                                  & telle out euere þe teþe mon · & þe nine þoru out he nom · [telle] tolde β. teþe] tuþe α; tenthe γ. & þe] ac þe Cδ.] 
                                
                                  & let smite of hor alre heued · & made a reufol dom · [hor alre] her alre B; hore alle C; are alre α; alle here β; alle her δ; alle of her γ. heued] hefd α; heuedys B; heuedis C; hedes βδ. a] o α; one β. reufol] reuthful δ.] 
                                
                                  Þo þe teþe was aliue · he þoȝte of more wou · [teþe] tuþe α; tenthe γ. of] on γ.] 
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                                  Him þoȝte þer were to monye · aliue of ynou · [Him . . . ynou] And þouȝt þer were alyue of þat companye ynouȝ β.] 
                                
                                  Alle þat were aliue bileued · arewe ef sone he drou · [Alle . . . drou] Of giltles men þat were alyue he hadde litel awe β. bileued] bilefd α. ef sone] eftsone Cαδ.] 
                                
                                  & tolde of hom þe teþe out · & þe nine slou · [& tolde . . . . slou] And on a newe rewe anone he gan (they ganne γ) hem blyue drawe β. teþe] tuþe α. nine] nyþe B. slou] he slou α.] 
                                
                                  So þat þer bileuede · aliue vewe þo · [þer] þere were δ; here β. bileuede] bilefde α. aliue vewe þo] but fewe alyue were þo β. vewe] a fewe δ.] 
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                                  & þulke out of engelond · he drof mid muche wo · [engelond] londe αβδ.] 
                                
                                  Alfred hii ladde to ely · & pulte out boþe is eye · [hii] he γ. ely] hely α. &] et α. pulte] pult α; put β; putte γ. eye] eyȝe α; eiȝen β; eyen γ.]  [Hearne page 328] 
                                
                                  & huld him þere in prison · vorte þe selimon gan deye · [huld] hulde B; held α; helde γ. vorte] vort α; vn to β. þe] om. B. deye] deyȝe α; deiȝen β; deyen γ.]  [cecacio alfredi.] 
                                
                                  Nas þis of þis godwine · a ssrewe & luþer dom · [Nas þis] Vas þys B; Was þis noȝt β. a ssrewe] o schrewehede α; a schrewede Cβ; a schrewd δ. luþer] a luþere δ.] 
                                
                                  Ȝut our louerd ar he deide · gret wreche þer of nom · [Ȝut] Þt C. our louerd] om. γ. ar] are α; or γ. þer of] apon him β. See Appendix, Note MM.]

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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 486
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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