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.

                                
                                  Holdeþ hom gulti of þe dede · & lateþ hom al so · [hom] þem δ. of þe dede] þanne α; þan β; þen δ. al so] ek also α; eke also β; þen also δ.] 
                                
                                  Al hor lif as wikked men · in strong prison be ydo · [Al] Bi α; By β. lif] lyues δ. wikked] wycke B. men] folc αδ; folke β. strong prison] stronge prisone α. be ydo] beo do α; do βδ. See Appendix, Note NN.] 
                                
                                  Þo me tolde þe quene vore · heo was glad ynou · [vore] þer of β.] 
                                
                                  So þat þoru al engelond · þis word sone drou · [þoru] throute δ. engelond] þe londe β. word sone] sone þys word δ.] 
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                                  Þat þo dai was icome · so muche folc þer com · [Þat] So þat β. dai] þe day Bα; þe daie Cβ; þe daye δ. icome] come γ. so] and so β.]  [aduentus Iudicii.] 
                                
                                  Þat me nuste ware hom Inny · vor to yse þis dom · [nuste] ne wist β. ware hom Inny] whar hanne α; from whens β. yse] se BCβ; seo α; see γ. þis] þe δ.] 
                                
                                  And þe heyemen ney of engelond · were þere ech one · [And] om. B. ney] om. β. were þere] weren þer α; were neiȝe þer β; were there nye γ.] 
                                
                                  To se godes grace of þe quene · bote þe erchebissop one · [godes] om. αδ; þe β. bote] saue β. þe] om. BC.] 
                                
                                  Ac he feinede him somdel sik · and ney þe se to be · [Ac he feinede him] But him feyned β. him] om. δ. ney] nere β. to be] he wolde be δ.] 
                                
                                  He bileuede at douere · ȝif ned were to fle · [He bileuede] And byleft δ. ned] neode α.] 
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                                  Þe quene þoru þe kinges heste · ybroȝt was al so · [Þe quene] om. αβδ. ybroȝt was] þe quene was ibrout α; þe qwene was brouȝt βδ.] 
                                
                                  Fram worewelle to winchestre · þis Iugement to do · [worewelle] whorewelle C; Wherwelle γ.] 
                                
                                  To sein swithines ssrine · þen wei heo nom wel riȝt · [swithines] swythyne C. þen] þane Cα; þe β. heo] he δ. nom wel] toke ful γ.] 
                                
                                  Gladliche þo heo þuder com · & bileuede þer al niȝt · [heo] sche δ. & bileuede] & bilefde α; sche bileued β. þer] om. B.]  [regi|[na . . .] ad S. [. .]] 
                                
                                  In wop & in orisons · þat reuþe it was to se · [wop] wepenge β; wepynge γδ. orisons] oreisons α; sorwe C.] 
                                
                                  And euere bed þe holimon · hire help uor to be · [bed] prayed β. þe] þan α. uor] om. C.] 
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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 499
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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