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.

                                
                                  Þis was o god moder · & þoru godes grace [o] a βγ.] 
                                
                                  Makede ham acorded · in þulke sulue place [Makede] Made βγ. þulke sulue] þilke selfe βγ.] 
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                                  And as sonne clerest · after mistes ys
                                
                                  So was here loue mest · after wraþþe ywis [157-232. Omitted in δ.]  [mest] most βγ.] 
                                
                                  So þat belin & brenni · þes noble breþren tweiȝe [So þat] om. δ. brenni] Brennius δ. þes] þise βγ. tweiȝe] two βγ.] 
                                
                                  Vorto Make a parlement · to londone wende beiȝe [a] an βγ. wende beiȝe] went þo βγ; come al bo δ.] 
                                
                                  Hij were so noble of armes · and of witte al so [of armes] in armys δ. and of] and in δ.] 
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                                  & of pouer þat hij þoute · gret prowesse to do [þoute] þouȝt βγ. gret] grete βγ.] 
                                
                                  & winne þat lond of france · & þe londes aboute [þat lond] þe londe δ.] 
                                
                                  Hij passede þe see þeoderward · mid swiþe noble route [swiþe noble] riȝt noble βγ; ryght a grete δ.] 
                                
                                  Hij nomen contreȝe & oþer · so þat at þe laste [Hij nomen] Thei token βγ; And toke δ.] 
                                
                                  On ost þer was igadered · þat aȝen ham sette faste [ham] om. γ.] 
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                                  Mid bataile · ac oure kinges · hare fon ouercome
                                
                                  & hare fon þat auȝtes were · alle slowen oþer nome [hare fon þat auȝtes] alle þat euere oughtus were δ. auȝtes] ouȝttes β; oughtes γ. alle slowen oþer] þey slowȝ or δ. slowen] slowe γ.] 
                                
                                  So þat wiþinne twelf monþes · þulke londes hij wonne [monþes] mounthe δ. þulke londes] al þat lond δ.] 
                                
                                  And wende to rome to endi · þat hij hadde bigonne [endi] make an ende δ. þat] of þat δ.] 
                                
                                  And ase hii wende þeoderward · lond & oþer nome
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                                  Tweiȝe noble cheuenteyns · þat were þo at rome [cheuenteyns] ceuenteyns γ; chiefteyns δ. were þo] weren þan βγ] 
                                
                                  Gabi & Porcenne · þat hurde of hare power [Porcenne] Porteune β; Portune γ.] 
                                
                                  He greiþede ost fast ynou · er hij com ner [He greiþede] Thei gaderid βγ; And greyþed δ. ost] an oste δ er hij] er þei βγ; are þat þey 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 797
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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