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.

                                
                                  Seþþe was his sone king · aldolf was his name [Aldolf.] 
                                
                                  Maniȝe was þe gode wif · þat he dude gret schame [þe gode] þat good δ.] 
                                
                                  Vor þer nas no fair wif · on his kinedome [nas] was βγδ. on] in βγ; in alle δ.] 
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                                  Ȝif þat he hure yseiȝe · þat nas for hored sone [yseiȝe] sawȝ βγ. þat nas for hored] sche was for hored βγ; þat nas forleyne δ.] 
                                
                                  Vrles wyues ne barons · ne knyȝtes no þe mo [wyues] wifes βγ. no] neuer βγδ.] 
                                
                                  Ne sparede he riȝt nouȝt · þat he ne diȝte ham so [Ne sparede he] No spared he βγ; He spared hem δ. nouȝt] none βγ.] 
                                
                                  Dedliche he was ihated · for his horedome [ihated] hatide βγ.] 
                                
                                  Þer fore ne lefde he hit nouȝt · ar þe deþ him nome [Þer fore ne lefde he hit] For he hit lefte δ. lefde] leued βγ. ar] tylle δ. þe] om. βγ.] 
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                                  After him his sone was king · Redion his name was [Redion.] 
                                
                                  Half ȝer & seue nyt ek · no lengore his lif nas [seue nyt] seuen nyȝt βγ.] 
                                
                                  Seþþe Reddare his broþer · hadde þis kinedom [Reddare.] 
                                
                                  And lyuede lutle while · & þe deþ him nom [lyuede lutle while] lyued litel while βγ; litle while lyued δ. &] ore δ.] 
                                
                                  Seþþe com on oþer after him · & liuede swiþe wel [on oþer] an oþer βγ; om. δ. & liuede] on þat lyued δ. swiþe] ryȝt βγ.] 
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                                  His name was ihote · samuel penicel [ihote] callid βγ.]  [Samuel.] 
                                
                                  He was on his lyue · euere swiþe riche [on] in βγ. euere] one δ. swiþe] ryȝt βγ.] 
                                
                                  Of richesse to fore alle oþere · he was vniliche [to fore alle] before al βγ; to alle þo δ. vniliche] vnliche βγ; al vnliche 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 815
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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