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.

                                
                                  SEint edward broȝte in to engelond · out of norman|d[ye] · [in to] to Bαβδ.] 
                                
                                  Men þat him adde fleme ydo · god & corteysye · [him adde] adde hym B; hem hadde α. adde fleme] longe hath γ. fleme] lome αδ; longe β. ydo] do β. god] worschep β.] 
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                                  & Roberd an clerc he louede mest · vor he ȝef him þe bissop[riche] · [an] a B; o α; oo γ. an clerc] Anclere δ. mest] wel most γ. vor he] & αβδ. þe] o β. 6847. suþþe of] siþen at β. þe] an C.] 
                                
                                  Of londone & suþþe of kanterbury · þe erchebissopriche ·
                                
                                  Þo he was erchebissop · luþer he was & prout · [folio 101b] 
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                                  Þe king him louede & alle is dedes · þoru him dude al out · [alle] om. αβδ. þoru] & þoru α; & þoruȝ β; & þrou δ.] 
                                
                                  Þer was vpe þe quene emme · þe kinges moder ydo · [Þer was . . . . emme] Op on emme þe quene was α; Apon Emme þe quene β; Vpon Emme þe quene was δ. ydo] was do β.]  [diffamacio regine emme.] 
                                
                                  A luþer sclandre & vpe þe bissop · of winchestre al so · [A luþer] A foul α; A foule β; Euyl δ. vpe] apon γ.] 
                                
                                  Þat hii in contenance · to folliche hom bere · [in contenance] in continante α. folliche] folyche B; folilyche C; foleliche α; folyes δ. 6854. foul] vil α.] 
                                
                                  Þe erchebissop tolde þe king · more þan þer were ·
                                
                                  Þat þer was foul lecherye · bituene hom ydo · [Hearne page 334] 
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                                  & þat þoru þe quene hire sone was · Alfrede to deþe ido · [& þat . . . . ido] & bi hure was alfred hire sone aslawe so α; And bi hure was Alfred hure sone do to deth also β; and by hure Alfrede hure sone done to dethe also 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 495
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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