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.

Furst he ȝaf þe rente · þat petres peny is [Furst] First ε. ȝaf] ȝaue βε. rente] rent βε. petres] Petrys β. peny] penyes ε.] 5 & þuder he ȝaf more · þat was ek lo þis [þuder] þider βε. ȝaf] ȝaue βε. þat was ek lo] lo þat was also ε. ek lo] eke lo γ; also β.] On hundred of besans · þat liȝt vorto amende [On] And an β; And ε. hundred] hunderd ε. besans] besaunteȝ β; besaunȝttes ε. liȝt] lithe γ. vorto] for to βε.] Of seint peter · & to poules · on oþer he sende [poules] seynt Poules ε. on oþer] one oþer β; a noþer ε.] To þe pope þe þridde · to ben on his þout [þridde] þirdde ε. ben on] bene in β; be in ε.] Þus was þis lond þo · in seruage ibrout [lond þo] londe þan β.] 10 Þe king was at rome · o ȝer after þis [king] kynge β. o ȝer] one ȝere β; one ȝeer ε.] & seþþe ine france · hamward ywis [seþþe] sithe β; siþþe ε. ine] in βε. hamward] homewarde β; homward ε.] To habbe to wyue · Iudith he nom [habbe] haue βε. wyue] wyfe β; wyffe ε. nom] nome βε.] Charles kinges douter · & com hider hom [Charles kinges douter] kyng Charles douȝtter ε. com] come βε. hom] home βε.] Seþþe he deiȝede sone · & at winchestre ywis [Seþþe] Sethe β; Siþþe ε. deiȝede] deiede β; dyde ε. sone] soone β.] 15 Yburiȝed faire was · þar he ȝut his [Yburiȝed faire was] Buryed he was faire β; I buryed was fayre ε. þar] þere βε. ȝut his] ȝit is βε.]

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& fram þe bodi hit ladde forþ · & so at þe laste [fram] from γ; fro ε. hit ladde] þei ladde hit β; they hadde hit γ; had hit ε. forþ] forþe βε. laste] last βε.] In þe wode þat het eglesdone · among breres hit caste [In þe] Into a ε. wode] wodde β. het] hiȝt β; hyte ε. egles|done] Eglesdoune β; Eglesdowne ε. among] amonge βε. hit caste] þei hit cast βε.]
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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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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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