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.

& king dauiþes lond · alle þe souþ side [&] And of ε. dauiþes] Dauydþes β; Dauythes γ; Dauidþes ε. alle] al bi δ.] Barnde & destrude · he nolde no leng abide [Barnde] Brent β; He brende ε. destrude] distroied β. he nolde] he wolde β; for he wold þer ε. no leng] no lenger β; leng δ; no longer ε.] Þo king dauid wiþdrou · & ne abot bataile nout [Þo] The βδ; om. ε. wiþdrou] him withdrowe β; wtdrowe him ε. & ne . . . nout] for fyȝt wt him he wold noȝt ε. & ne abot] ne abode β.] 155 Ac habbe al his wille · efsone he hadde iþout [Ac habbe] But hadde β; For he had ε. efsone] euene β; euyn as ε. hadde iþout] hadde þouȝt β; þouȝt ε.] Þo hit was after ester · ȝut more wo com [Þo] Whenne β. ȝut] ȝit β; þat ȝit ε. com] came βε.] O traitor þat het talebot · aȝe þe king nom [O] A ε. þat] om. δ. het] hiȝt β; was I cleped ε. aȝe] aȝen βε. nom] name βε.] Þe castel of hereforde · þe king þeoder wende [Þe] To þe ε. þeoder] þider βδε. wende] wente βδε.] & won þe castel aȝe · & talebot he schende [won] wan β. aȝe] aȝen β. schende] schente βδε.] 160 Ȝut henri kinges sone · robert abast ibore [Ȝut . . . ibore] Ȝit Roberd a baast þe kyngges sone harry al in his lore ε. Ȝut] But γ. kinges] þe kynges βδ. ibore] borne β] Huld þe castel of bristowe · wo was þe king þer fore [Huld] Helde β. þer fore] þer forne β.] Þe castel of slede · he huld eke al so [Þe] And þe ε. slede] Glede βε. huld] helde β.] Þo nuste þe king · what he myte do [Þo nuste] Þe nuste δ; Thanne nyst β; Tho wyst noȝt ε. he myte] he myȝt best β; myȝt he best ε.] Vor in euerich side ek · nyne oþer tene [euerich] euery βε. ek] also βε. tene] ten β.] 165 Me huld of his castles · & dude him grete teone [Me huld] Men helde β. teone] tene β; tuene (originally teuene) 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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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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