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.

                                
                                  Þat wolde libbe in ryot · & habbe al hare wille [wolde] þei myȝt ε. libbe] lyue β; lyffe ε. habbe] haue β. al hare] at here β; al her ε.] 
                                
                                  In robberiȝe & prute · boþe loude & stille [prute] pride β; in pride ε.] 
                                
                                  Þe while þer was werre · þat noþer maister nere [&] That βε. ne kepte] kept noȝt ε. þer] om. δ. were] had be ε.]  [þat noþer] & neiþer of hem ε. nere] were βε.] 
                                
                                  Hi nadde nanne louerd · þat hi dradde of were [Hi nadde] Thei ne hadde β; Thei had ε. nanne] no βε. louerd] lorde β; lord ε. dradde] drad β; were a dredde ε. were] þere βε.] 
                                
                                  Ac ȝif oþer were maister · & þe seignoriȝe al hede [Ac] And ε. oþer] on β; one ε. were] had be ε. & þe] & δ; & of his ε. al] for to β; nome ε.] 
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                                  Ham he wolde chasti · & him hi moste drede [Ham he wolde] Than he wold hem ε. chasti] wel chasti β; chastyse ε. & him hi moste] & also þei wold him ε. moste] most β; must γ.] 
                                
                                  Þer fore in noþer syde · ende ne kepte hi nout [Þer fore] Wherfor ε. noþer] nowþer β; neiþer γε. ende . . nout] of nonne ende þei ne rouȝt ε. ne] om. δ.] 
                                
                                  Ac þus holde worre · forþ hi hadde yþout [Ac þus holde] But holde forþe ε. worre] werre βε. forþ hi hadde] þus þei had ε. yþout] þouȝt βε.] 
                                
                                  Ac þis king & henri come · seþþe ham sulue tweiȝe [Ac] om. ε. henri] Harry ε. seþþe] sithen β. seþþe . . . tweiȝe] to þe water by hem twey ε.] 
                                
                                  Ac water orn bitwene · & speken of pes beiȝe [Ac . . . beiȝe] And by twene hem þe water ran of pees as þei speke I sey ε. orn] ran β. speken] spake βδ. beiȝe] boþe þo β.] 
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                                  Of hare false barons · þat ham traide so [ham traide] hem bitraied β.] 
                                
                                  Bitwene ham sulue tweiȝe · plainte hi made þo [ham sulue tweiȝe] hem self two β; hem tweyne ε. plainte] her pleyntte ε. hi] he β; þei ε.] 
                                
                                  Of pes hi made forme · bi ham sulue ywis [pes] a pees ε. forme] a forme ε.] 
                                
                                  Ac fort anoþer time · hi duden afurst þis [Ac . . . þis] Euer to holde hit but ȝif any fordude his ε. fort] vnto β. duden] diden β; dude δ. afurst] furst β]

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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 862
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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