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.

& þoute he wolde wende · to normandiȝe blyue [& þoute] He þouȝt ε.] & þe amperesse & ek þe vrl · out of þe londe dryue [& þe] The β. ek] also β; om. ε. þe londe] londe ε. dryue] to dryue βε.] 80 Al þei king henri hadde · to terme of hare lyue [þei] þouȝ β. henri] harry ε. hadde] bi his wille βε. to] þe ε. of] of al βε. hare] here β; her γ.] Þane vrl þat lond igranted · mid þe amperesse his wyue [Þane] To þe β. igranted] graunted β; he grauntted ε.] & eke hare eir after · þat of ham com ywis [eke] also β. hare] here β; hure γ; to her ε. after] after hem ε.] Also he hadde igrantede · hare eir after þis [hadde] om. ε. igrantede] graunted β. hare] here β; her γ; to her ε.] After his owe lif dayȝe · to habben on honde [After . . . honde] That þe eyere by his owne lyffe day schuld haue al in honde ε. After] Also β. owe] owen β. habben] haue al β.] 85 Al þat his were ek · & beo king of engelonde [Al] Alle β. ek] al so β. beo] to be β; also to be ε.] Al for þat he nadde · him sulf eir non [Al for] Alþouȝ ε. nadde] hadde nouȝt βε. non] none but þe Emperesse ε.] Bote þe amperesse · hit was al wel idon [79-88. Omitted in δ.] [Bote . . . idon] Hit was wel I do in encressyng & multipleyng of pces ε. idon] donne β.] In leinte þar afterward · to normandiȝe he wende [leinte] lente βδ; þe lent next after ε. wende] wente β; went ε.] Mid hey folc of þis lond · as þe wind ham sende [hey] heiȝe β; þe hiȝe ε. folc] folke β. ham sende] him sente β; hem sent ε.] 90 & castles & tounes · nom in to al þe londe [&] om. ε. nom] toke β; he nome ε. in to] in ε.] Saue þreo þat were ȝut · in þe amperesse honde [

þat were] were þe δ. ȝut] ȝit β. amperesse] Emperesses β; Emperesse γε. After this line four lines are added in δ.

& wt þe king of france · god acord he nom · And þe kinges mon of france · his sone eustas bicom · As of normandie · þt to þe croune of france lay · He dude þe king homage · on þt ulke day ·
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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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