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.

& alle þe kinges castles · þat þer aboute were [&] And to ε.] Þat walingforde bileiȝe · bisette aboute þere [Þat] And βε. bileiȝe . . . þere] bisily bisetten (bisette γ) aboute ynouȝ βγ; he besette al a boute besily I nowe ε.] Þe king com þeoder mid his ost · stourdeliche ynou [ll. 338,339 transposed in βε.] [com þeoder] þuder com δ; come þidewarde β. mid his ost] wt ost δ. ynou] ynouȝ þere β; ynough γ; to fere hem þere ε.] & to ȝenst him duc henri · hasteliche drou [&] om. δ. to ȝenst] aȝenst βε; To ȝenste δ. duc] þe Duke β; þis duke ε. henri] Harry ε. drou] he drowe ε.] 340 Þo were þere barons · þat come forþ anon [Þo] Thanne β. forþ] þer β.] & speke ȝurne of acord · þat were þe beste won [speke] spake β; þei speke ε. ȝurne] ȝerne δ; fast βε.] Ac al hit was treson · þat euere worþ ham wo [þat] þerfore ε. worþ] be β.] Vor ham were leuere habbe · werre euere mo [ham were leuere] þei had leuere ε. habbe . . . mo] forte habbe euermo δ; haue werre euer & bate also β; haue euer werre & bate also ε.] Bote hi nolde in none wise · to bataile go [hi nolde] þei ne wolde β; hui nolde δ; þei wold noȝt ε. none] no β. to bataile] into batelle ε.] 345 Þer fore hi nome trewes · at þulke time so [hi nome] þei toke β. þulke] þilke β; þat ε.] & ofte was loueday · bitwene ham on londe [ofte was loueday] of a loueday ε. on londe] on honde βδ; þei had in honde ε.] Þat false men delaide · god ȝiue ham muche schonde [Þat] And ε. delaide] hit delayed ε. god] þerfor god ε. ȝiue] ȝeue βε. ham muche] swiche δ; hem ε.] Vor þer were louerdinges · on eiþer side þo [louerdinges] lordynges β. on] in ε.] & ne kepte þat þer were pes · bitwene ham neuere mo 350
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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 861
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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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