Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse

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 eldest het fulgencus · aldadus · angragus · þe oþer tweiȝe were [fulgencus] Fulgeneus βγδ. aldadus] Aldust δ. angragus] Andragus δ. þe] þo δ.] Ac wel litle while · hij liuede on londe here [wel] riȝt βγ; ful δ. on] in δ.] Ech of ham on þis lond · king was one stounde [on] of δ. one] on βγ; o δ.] Ac wiþinne four ȝer · hij were ibrout to grounde [hij were ibrout to] alle þey were at δ.] Angradus þe ȝongeste · o sone hadde er [Angradus] Andragus δ. a] o δ. er] þere δ.] 225 Vrian he was ihote · king he was þo her [ihote] callid βγ. king he was] þat kynge δ.] [Vrianus.] O ȝer he liuede here · and sone ded lay [ded] he dede βγ.] After him was eliud king · þat was his nexte may [Eliud.] [After . . . eliud] And Eliud after hym δ.] Þo com cledanc · Cloten · & gurguntius þat on [&] om. δ.] Þes þreo were kinges here · bi rewe on and on [Omitted in βγ. Þes] Tho δ. rewe] rowe δ.] 230 Sone hi were dede · þo com king Merian [þo com . . . Merian] and kynge Merian after come δ.] [Merianus.] Hound and hauek he louede · & was an hendi man [Hound and hauek] Hound & hauke βγ; And hondus & hawkes δ. louede] loued wel βγ. &] he βγ. hendi man] hende man βγ; hende gome δ.] And he was so fair man · þat wimmen him louede [he] eke δ. man] a man δ.] He hit wiste swiþe wel · ac he ham forhowede [hit wiste] wist] þat δ. swiþe] riȝt βγ; ryght δ. he] om. βγ. forhowede] for houede βγ.] Ac euere he louede þe quene · for to his ending [for to his] vn to his βγ; for to here δ.] 235 & after his dayȝe bledon · his owe sone was king [Bledon.] [&] And þan δ. dayȝe] day βγδ. owe] owen βγ; om. δ.]
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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 813
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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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