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 held at bromtone · þer after al in pes · [held] huld C; held him ε. bromtone] bromptone α. þer after] here after ε. pes] peys B.]  [iij festa regis.] 
                                
                                  Is feste at midewinter · mid tebaud þe bles · [at] of Cαβδε. þe bles] de bleys B; de bleis C; de Blays γ; de bleis δ; de Bloys ε.] 
                                
                                  His ester suþþe at berkeleye · & at windelsore iwis · [suþþe] om. ε. windelsore] wyndesore γε.]  [leuacio windel|sore & wodestoke.] 
                                
                                  His witesonetid he huld · þat so noble stude is · [His] Seþþe his α; Sithen his β. witesonetid] whitsonetyd C (& 9050). þat] þare C. so] om. B. stude] stede Bδ; a stede β; a stedde ε.] 
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                                  Þat he let bulde him sulf · & wodestoke al so · [Þat] Whiche ε. bulde] belde βε; hulde α. &] & also ε. al so] þer to ε.] 
                                
                                  & þe parc of wodestoke · & der þer Inne do · [parc] sparc B. wodestoke] Wodestocke also ε. der] dur α. do] lete do β; he let do ε.] 
                                
                                  King henry þes tueye studes · verst bulde iwis · [henry] harry ε. þes] þys B. verst bulde] first he dude hem bylde ε. bulde] belde β.] 
                                
                                  Suþþe he weddede anoþer wif · þo ido was al þis · [Suþþe] And þan ε. weddede] wedde γ. anoþer] on oþer αδ. þo ido] when done γ.] 
                                
                                  Þe witesonetid at windelsore · a womman of gret fame · [Þe witesonetid at windelsore] At Wyndesore in þe Wyttesontyde ε. Windelsore] wendelsore C (& 9053); wyndesore γ. a womman] o wimman α.]  [Hearne page 440] 
                                
                                  An hei dukes doȝter · adelyne was hire name · [An] And B. adelyne] aþelin α; Athelynge β; Athelyng ε.] 
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                                  Me nuste womman so vair non · in þe middel erde · [nuste] wist β. womman] wimman αδ. so vair non] nonne so fayre ε. in þe] in δ; in al þis ε. erde] erþe Bε.]  [Rex spon|satuxorem.] 
                                
                                  He spousede hire at windelsore · þat he him sulf rerde · [ll. 9052,9053 transposed in γ.]  [windelsore] wyndesore γε. him sulf] him sulue α; self γ. rerde] rered ε.] 
                                
                                  Þo was þoru þe king arerd · þe abbey of redinge · [þoru] þer þoruȝ ε. arerd] arerde B; irerd α; rered β. abbey] abbeiȝe α. redinge] Redyng wt out lesyng ε.]  [leuacio redinge.] 
                                
                                  In þe tuo & tuentiþe ȝer · of is crouninge · [þe] om. Bγ. tuentiþe] tuenti C; twenti α; twenty βε crouninge] corounyng 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 646
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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