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.

Vor king lowys & eustas · king stephnes sone come [Vor . . . come] For Eustace kyng Steuenes sonne to kyng lowys in to Normandy come ε. king] þe kynge β. stephnes] Steuene β.] To normandiȝe & bataile · mid duk henri nome [To . . . nome] And þere batelle þei made & aȝenst Harry þei nome ε.] Ac þis ȝonge henri · made ham þannes blenche [henri] Harry ε. þannes] sone þens β; þanne δ; sone þennys ε.] 295 & euere whanne hi come · hii dronke of luþere drenche [hi] þei β; hui δ. hii] þei β; hui δ. of] of a ε.] Þat oþer ȝer þer after · king stephene his sone nom [þer after] next after ε. nom] Eustase he nome ε.] Eustas & wolde him crouni · to habbe þis kinedom [Eustas . . . kinedom] And he wold haue crowned him to haue be syker of þis kyngdome ε. wolde him crouni] him crowne wolde β. habbe þis] haue his β.] Ac he fond no bischop · þat hit wolde do [he fond] he fonde β; he ne fond δ; þer was no bysshoppe in þis lond ε.] Þe pope mid his lettre · hit hadde forbode so [Þe] For þe ε. lettre] letters β. forbode] for do β; forbede δ. hit hadde forbode] he hadde forbode hit ε.] 300 Vor to ȝenst his oþe · king stephne þer to com [to ȝenst] aȝenst β; to ȝenste δ; falsely aȝenst ε.] & mid tricheriȝe · wiþouten oþer dom [tricheriȝe] false trecherie β; false trechery & gyle ε.] Þe king louede lute þo · al clergiȝe for þis [lute þo] litel þan β; wel lytel þo ε. al clergiȝe] þe clergie al δ; al þe clergye ε. for þis] I wis β; I wys ε.] & tweiȝe bisschopes amorewe · in prisone dude ywis [&] For ε. tweiȝe] two β; tweye δ; tweyne ε. in prisone dude ywis] in prisoun he dide for þis β; he dude hem in prisoñ for þis ε.] Þis bisschopes were adradde · to habbe ibeo ido to deþe [to habbe . . . deþe] sore of þe deeþ ε. to habbe] fo habbe α; for to haue β; for habbe δ. ibeo] be β.] 305 & lefde hare godes · & wende alyue vnneþe [&] Therfor ε. lefde] lost β; lefde al δ; þei leest ε. & wende . . . vnneþe] to ascape alyue vnneþe ε. wende] went β. alyue] on lyue γ.]
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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 858
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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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