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.

                                
                                  Hire legges bare bineþe þe kne · þat me miȝte ech stape ise · [Hire] Þe B. legges] feet β. bare bineþe þe kne] were albare bineþe α; were al bare by neþe β; were al bare bynethen δ. ech] eche B; hure β. stape] schap β; shape γ; schappe δ.] 
                                
                                  A wey vuele bicom it quene · so bar uor to be · [A wey] A lorde β; A δ. vuele bicom it] yuele bicome hit α; hit euyl bycome δ. quene] a queyne C; a quene δ; such a qwene β. so bar uor] so bar of bodi α; so bare on bodi β; Barfot for δ.] 
                                
                                  Me broȝte vorþ þis fury ssares · and leide is al arewe · [þis fury] suche β. ssares] scharres C. leide] leiden αβ. is] ham α; hem βδ. al] alle α; om. β. arewe] on rewe β.] 
                                
                                  In þe bar erþe isuope · godes grace to ssewe · [In] On βδ. isuope] yswope C; iswope α; yswepe δ; clene swope β.] 
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                                  Þe bissopes blessede þe ssares · and þe quene al so · [bissopes] Bischop δ. blessede] blescede α. ssares] scharres C.] 
                                
                                  And ladde ire uorþ in eiþer alf · þis Iugement to do · [in] on αβδ. alf] side β.] 
                                
                                  Þe quene þoȝte al on god · an to heuene caste ire eye · [an] & BCαβδ. caste] cast α.] 
                                
                                  And ne lokede noþing donward · & as hii alle yseie · [ne] om. δ. noþing] nouȝt β. noþing donward] donward nouȝt α. hii alle yseie] þey hit syȝe δ.] 
                                
                                  Heo stap vpe þis furi yre · euerich stape al clene · [Heo . . . . yre] Opon þe furi yre heo stap α; Apon þe fyre Iren sche stappe β; Vpon þe fuyree Ire sche stepped δ. Heo stap] he stop C. euerich stape] and euer stappe þeron β.] 
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                                  Nuste heo hire sulf hou it was · ne bleincte noȝt ene · [Nuste heo] Heo nuste α; Sche nust βδ. hou] wanne B; whanne Cα; whan βδ. ne] om. δ. bleincte] blenyte B; blencte he C; blenkte heo α; blenched sche β; sche blenched δ. noȝt ene] not ene Cδ; ne it noȝt seen β.] 
                                
                                  Þer was ioye & blisse ynou · & moni a wepinde eye · [moni a] maniȝe o α. wepinde] wepende C; wepynge β.] 
                                
                                  Verst uor fere & suþþe vor Ioye · þo hii þis iseye · [Verst . . . . Ioye] Vor fere furst & ioiȝe þo α; Fore fere first & for Ioye þo δ. þo] þat αβδ. þis iseye] þus seyȝe δ.] 
                                
                                  Þe bissopes þat hire ladde · vor ioye wepe al so · [wepe] wept C; wepen α; wepten β.] 
                                
                                  & herede god & sein swithin · þo þis miracle was ydo · [herede] herenden α; heryed δ; þanked β. god] om. δ. ydo] do 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 502
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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