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.

                                
                                  Þo hadde belin in pes · al þis lond y wis [Þo] Than βγ. lond] londe βγ.] 
                                
                                  And ryte vale þinges · þat er were amis [ryte] ryȝtted β. vale] many βγ. er] ere βγ.] 
                                
                                  Hit bifel þat time · ofte & eke ylome [eke ylome] many siþes βγ.] 
                                
                                  ffor defaute of weyes · muche folc was vnsome [83-134. Omitted in δ.]  [muche] many βγ. was vnsome] were vnwise βγ.] 
                                
                                  Þar fore þe king belin · formest ywis he fond [Þar fore þe king belin] Belin þat was so noble kynge δ. Þar fore] Ther for βγ. formest] first βγδ. he fond] bifonde βγ; by|founde δ.] 
                                  Line 135 
                                
                                  Þe foure grete veyes · þat goþ þoru þis lond [grete veyes] gret weyes βγ; weyes principal δ. lond] londe βγ.] 
                                
                                  & somenede eche contreyȝe · þat with tool & wt honde [somenede] somnede βγ. with tool & w t honde] wrouȝt wt tool & honde δ.] 
                                
                                  Þe contreyȝes hem made · ech man aȝen his londe [made] redye made δ. ech] eche βγ. man] om δ. After this line δ inserts the following: Strife for to abate · þat was in londe ywys And fore vnredye weyes · ydo was al thys.] 
                                
                                  Þe meste of alle hatte fos · þat tilleþ fram totteneys [meste of alle] most of alle βγ; meste weye δ. hatte] hiȝt βγ. fos] fosse βγ.] 
                                
                                  Fram þe oon [So MS. over an erasure. The original reading was probably þen on.]  ende of cornewaile · anon to cate|neys [þe oon] þat one βγ; þe one δ.] 
                                  Line 140 
                                
                                  Fram þe southwest to þe norþest · to engelondes ende [norþest] Northwest βγ.] 
                                
                                  Þat þoru baþe & cirencestre · & leicestre doþ wende [ll. 141,142 transposed in δ.]  [Þat] And δ. cirencestre] Circestre βγ. &] An βγ.] 
                                
                                  And þoru maniȝe a [So MS. over an erasure. The original was perhaps o.]  god toun · as me mai ȝuyt yseo [me mai ȝuyt] men may ȝit βγ; ȝitte me maye δ. yseo] hem se δ.] 
                                
                                  Þat seþþe were & er arerd · ase god so þe oþere þreo [seþþe were & er arerd] sithe were & ar arerid βγ; sethe beth so arerud δ. ase god so þe] and al so δ.]

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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 791
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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