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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.

Bote þe schrewe Iudon · ac for hure sone heo slou [þe] þys δ.] 45 Heo was þrowe in þe see · þat was hure god ynou [þrowe] ythrowe δ. in] in to δ. hure] to hure βγ; for her δ.] Þo gan here wexe werre · & echman slou oþer [Þo] Than βγ. gan here wexe] bygan to wex δ.] & robbede & reuede · þei he were his broþer [reuede] rende βγ; eke revyd δ. þei] þouȝ βγδ. he] hit δ. his] hys own δ.] Her was hunger & hete · wo was þe vnstronge [vnstronge] vnstronge in honde βγ.] Her was muche manqualm · wrake was in londe [muche] grete δ. manqualm] manquellynge βγ. wrake was in londe] wrathe was in londe βγ; and endured al to longe δ.] 50 Fewe lefde alyue · ac foure her were proute [lefde] leuyd βγ; here were lefte δ. alyue] on lyue δ. proute] ful proute δ.] Louerdinges bilefd · mid wel grete route [Louerdinges] Lordynges βγδ. bilefd] þat byleuyd here βγ; þat here bylefte δ. wel] ryȝt βγ; ful δ.] Hi speke ham to gadere · & seide þat hi wolde [to gadere] to gider βγ; to gedres δ.] þis lond ham dele bitwene · and þat hi lete nolde [dele] del βγ. lete] lette βγ.] Stater hadde scotlond · & pyner loegres y wis [Stater] Scater δ. loegres] logres βγ.] 55 Cloten hadde cornwaile · & Rudac norþ walis Ac cloten hadde mest riȝte · to þisse kyneriche [mest] most βγ. þisse] þis βγδ. kyneriche] kyngeryche βγ; kyngriche δ.] Ac þe oþere were strengore · & Richore oniliche [strengore] strenger βγδ. Richore] rycher βγδ. oniliche] vnliche βγ; onlyche δ.] & cloten hi for leten · & his foredene for howede [&] But βγ; om. δ. for leten] schoned δ. foredene] fordene βγ; feythhed δ. for howede] forhoued δ.] & Cloten hadde cornewail in pes · & wel he hit louede [wel] om. δ.] 60
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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.
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Robert, of Gloucester, fl. 1260-1300.
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Page 786
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London,: Printed for H. M. Stationery off., by Eyre and Spottiswoode,
1887.
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English language -- Dialects -- England
English language
Great Britain -- History

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