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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.

After þis buriȝing · þis wolf forþ ywende [þis] his γε. buriȝing] burienge β; berying ε. wolf] wolfe β. forþ ywende] forþe dide wende β; dide forthe wende γ; forþe wende ε.] Þat neuere eft more after · noman him ne kende [neuere eft more] neuer more þer β; neuer more efte ε. after no man] no man after ε. ne] om. ε.] Wel fale ȝer þer after · þo worres aslakede [Wel fale ȝer] At many ȝeres β; Wel feel ȝeer ε. þer after] after ε. þo worres] when þe werres β; þe werres ε. aslakede] was slakyd β; were slakyd γ; aslaked ε.] One faire grete chirche · þat lond folc makede [One] A ε. faire grete] gret & faire β; feyre gret ε. lond folc] londe folke β; londes folke ε. makede] makyd β; maked ε.] 20 At beadricune ordre · ase þe toun was ihote [At] βε; Ac α. beadricune] Bedricune β. ase] as βε. toun] towne βε.] & þat bodi þer inne · leiden wel swote [þer inne] wythynne γ. leiden wel] þei laide riȝt β; þey leyden wel ε. swote] sote ε.] Of þat hefd was o wonder · me fond hit apliyt [hefd] heede β; heed ε. o] a ε. wonder] wounder β. me fond] men fonde βε.] Aȝen to þe bodiȝe · y woxe fol riȝt [Aȝen] Aȝeyn βε. bodiȝe] body βε. y woxe] y wexed ε. fol] fulle β; ful ε.] Al hol & sounde · no wounde on him nas [hol] hole βε. wounde] wonde ε.] 25 Ac hit þoute ase o red þred · þer þe wounde er was [Ac . . . þred] But hit was like a rede þrede β; hit semed as a rede þrede ε. þe wounde] wondes ε.] In al suche forme · þat bodi ȝut is [al suche] þat ε. þat] al þat ε. ȝut] ȝit βε.] & abideþ þe time · of heuene riche blis [heuene riche] heuenryche β. blis] blisse 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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Page 826
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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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