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.

                                
                                  Þe king bi an laddre · to þe ssip clam an hey · [an] a C; one αγ. ssip] schipe α. clam] clambe β. an hey] on heye γ.]  [Hearne page 333] 
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                                  & þreu vp to doun in þe se · & adreincte as ich sey · [þreu] he felle β; ouerthrew δ. vp to doun] vp so doun C; adoun β; vpsodon δ. in] in to β. adreincte] adrenctþe B; a dreyntte C; adreinte α; dreynte β; drenched δ. sey] ysey B; ysei C; isey α.]  [Mercio regis da|norum.] 
                                
                                  & is men as in wanhope · wende hom aȝen bliue · [wende] wente β; wenten δ. hom aȝen] aȝe wel α; aȝen ryȝt β; aȝeyn wel δ.] 
                                
                                  So þat ich hopie to god pais · þe wule ich am aliue · [hopie] hope γ. to god pais] of pes δ. aliue] on lyue γ.] 
                                
                                  Messagers to denemarch · sone isend were · [Messagers] Messangers γ. isend] sent þan β.] 
                                
                                  & as þe king adde ised · al clene hii founde þere · [&] om. β. adde ised] hadde þan seide β; than hadde seyde γ; al clene] to soþe B; as clene β.] 
                                
                                  Neuereft hii of denemarch · hiderward ne come · [Neuereft] Neuer aftir β. hiderward ne] hyder nolde B; hider þei ne β.] 
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                                  Vor god prince al a lond · varþ þe bet ylome · [god] a goude C; o god α; oo good β; a good δ. a] þe β. varþ] farþ α; fareþ β. bet ylome] better lome β.] 
                                
                                  Vor þe lond was viue & sixti ȝer · in worre & in sore · [Vor þe] Vor þat α.] 
                                
                                  As ȝe abbeþ ihurd biuore is day · & afterward ȝut more · [ȝe] he B. abbeþ ihurd] hurde α; harde of here β. is day] om. B; þis dai β. afterward] aftir β.] 
                                
                                  As ȝe ssolle yhure her after · ac þe wule he was king · [As . . . . after] Ac ich segge eu for soþe α; But I say ȝow for sothe β. yhure] hure BC. after] afterward BCδ. ac] at C; om. αβ.] 
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                                  Þat lond was in god loue & pes · wiþoute ech striuing · [Þat] The β; This δ. wiþoute] wythouten γ. ech] eche Bα; any β; eny γδ. striuing] striuinge α; steringe δ.] 
                                
                                  Ac ȝut eir nadde he non · ywis uor al is liue · [Omitted in BCαβδ.] 
                                
                                  Vor he nadde neuere bote in clannesse · to doiinge wiþ is wiu[e] · [Omitted in BCαβδ.]

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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 494
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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