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 erchebissop roberd · hurde of þis dom · [roberd] Robert α. hurde] yhurde α; when he harde β.]  [Hearne page 335] 
                                
                                  & þei he nere noȝt ibede · to þis conceil he com · [nere] were β. ibede] ybe B; bidde γ. he] om. C.] 
                                
                                  Þe bissopes he ladde a conseil · louerdinges he sede · [ladde] hadde γ; toke δ. a conseil] to counseile β; to conseil δ. louerdinges] lordlynges C.]  [ludicium archiepi|scopi.] 
                                
                                  Ich wene vor is moder · mi louerd þe king ȝe bede · [vor] þat for δ. mi louerd þe] to my lord δ.] 
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                                  Þat nis as no womman · ac as þe deuel ich doute · [nis] is β; ys δ. womman] wimman α.] 
                                
                                  Þat uorto ssende ire owe sone · þe king is aboute · [Þat] om. αβ; ac C. ire owe] hure howe α. is] heo ys B; heo is α; sche is now β; sche ys δ.] 
                                
                                  Þat seiþ he is amansed · vor ire copinere · [Þat] Sche β. seiþ] seid α; saide β. amansed] a mased man β. copinere] copyner C; copener β.] 
                                
                                  Þe bissop he deþ in warde · of wan heo wole hire skere · [he deþ] þat he dide β. of wan] of wham C; of whā α; for whom β. skere] sker C; swere β.] 
                                
                                  Ȝif heo skerþ hire of him · hou wole heo verþore mo · [heo skerþ] he skereþ C. skerþ hire] skery hyre B; hure wole skere α; wole here swere β. of him] for him αβ. heo] he α. verþore] forþere α.] 
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                                  Skere of þat heo aþ ido · hire sones gret wo · [Skere] Swere β. ido] do γ. sones] sone β. gret] so gret αβ; so grete δ.] 
                                
                                  Of þat heo alfred hire sone · radde to deþe bringe · [Of] om. β. heo] hue α; om. δ. radde] sche radde δ; counseilede β.] 
                                
                                  & þat heo porueyde poyson · to hire sone þe kinge ·
                                
                                  Ac ȝif heo hire skeri wole · of ech of þis þinge · [Ac] And γ. heo] om. α. skeri] skere BCα; swere β. ech] eche B. þis] þisse α; þise β.] 
                                
                                  And heo hire skeringe do · after mi lokinge · [heo hire] also hure β; in here δ. skeringe] swerynge β.] 
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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 497
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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