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.

                                
                                  In þe kinges fourteþe ȝere · hure sone henri com [kinges fourteþe ȝere] fourtene ȝeer of þe kyng ε. fourteþe] four|tene β. hure sone henri] henry hure sone δ; harry her sone come ε.] 
                                
                                  Of king dauid of scotlond · armes he nom
                                
                                  & made gret feste · king dauid & he [&] Thei ε. king] boþ kyng ε.] 
                                
                                  Oure king nas nout ypayd · in þere compaine [nas] was βε. ypayd] apaide βε. in] with βε. þere] here β.] 
                                
                                  Þar were gret louerdinges · of engelond mid ham [Þar] The β; There γε; Þer δ. louerdinges] lordinges β; lordes ε.] 
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                                  Þer fore hadde king stephne · hurte swiþe gram [hadde king stephne] kyng Steuen had ε. hurte] in his herte β. swiþe gram] moche grame βε; gret grame γ.] 
                                
                                  His sone þat hadde armes · ynome in þulke ȝere [His] Hure γ. ynome] ytake β. in þulke] in þilke βδ; þat ylke ε.] 
                                
                                  & maniȝe oþere louerdinges · he nom his ifere [maniȝe] many β. louerdinges] lordes β; lordyngges ε. nom] toke β. his] with him βε. ifere] in feer ε.] 
                                
                                  To euerwik he wende · wor hi were adradde [wende] went β. wor] for δ; for þerof β.] 
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                                  Last king dauid & henri · þane toun ynome hadde [Last] Lest β. þane] þilke β; þan δ; þat ε. ynome] take β.] 
                                
                                  Eustas king stephnes sone · destrude seþþe & schende [king stephnes] kynges Steuene γ. destrude . . . schende] anooñ he dude blame & shent ε. destrude] destroied β. seþþe] sithen β. schende] schent β.] 
                                
                                  Anon hare alre londes · þat to henries feste wende [Anon . . . henries] Al þe lordes þat to Harryes ε. hare alre londes] alle þe lordes β. wende] went βε.] 
                                
                                  In þe sixteþe ȝere · of king stephne bi cas [sixteþe] sixteneþ β; sixtene ε. king] kynges γ.] 
                                
                                  Þe gode erl of aungeo · þe amperesse louerd þat was [þe amperesse louerd] þe Emperesse lord β; king henries oþam δ; þe Emperesse housbond ε. þat] om. δ.] 
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                                  & þe kinges sone of ierusalem · to deþe drou bicas [omitted in ε.]  [þe] om. δ.] 
                                
                                  & tok henri on honde · his vldeste sone þat was [omitted in ε.]  [vldeste] eldest β; uldest 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 856
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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