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.

                                
                                  To ȝenst duc henri · & to stephne þe king [To ȝenst] Aȝenst β; To ȝenste δ; Aȝens ε. henri] Harry ε. &] om. δ.] 
                                
                                  Þe king of hare conseil · ne dude no þing [of hare] aftir here β; after his γ. ne dude] ne dede β; he dude ε.] 
                                
                                  Ac vuelede þer after · & sone ded lay [Ac vuelede] But eueled β; He was syke ε. þer after] anoon after ε. lay] he lay ε.] 
                                
                                  Ar alle halewene tyd · þane eiteþe day [Ar] Or β; Byfore ε. alle halewene tyd] Alhalwentide β; Al|halowentyde γ. þane eiteþe] þe Eiȝtene β; þe eyȝt ε.]  [Mortuus Rex Ste|phanus.] 
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                                  At faueresham in þe abbeiȝe · ibured he was ywis [faueresham] Feuerisham β. ibured] buried β; I beryed ε.] 
                                
                                  Bi his wif & his sone · ȝut þer his bodi is [wif] lyfe γ. ȝut þer] þer ȝit ε.] 
                                
                                  Muche wo & sorewe · on his time was in londe [on] in βε. londe] þis londe ε.] 
                                
                                  Vor þer is vnkunde king · is ofte gret schonde [þer is] þer þat is an β; where an ε. vnkunde] vncunde δ; vnkynde βε. ofte] of β; þer is ofte ε.] 
                                
                                  In þe nineteoþe ȝere · of his crouning [nineteoþe] niteþe δ; nyntene γε. ȝere] ȝeer þis was βε.] 
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                                  Þus come to deþe · stephene oure king [come] he come ε. deþe] þe deþe δ. oure] that sumetyme was oure γ.] 
                                
                                  & in þe enleueþe hundred · & vifti ywis [&] om. γ. in þe] om. δ. enleueþe] Elleuene β; endleue δ; eleueñ ε.] 
                                
                                  & þe vifteþe Ȝere of grace · ago was al þis [& þe] Of þe ε. vifteþe] fifteþe β; fiftene γ; fifte δ; om. ε. ago] I go ε.] 
                                
                                  AFTER duc henri · to normandiȝe me sende [henri] Harry ε. me sende] men sent βε.] 
                                
                                  To fonge þis kinedom · þat he hider wende [fonge] come & fonge ε. wende] wente βε.] 
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                                  & seue wike þer after · to þis lond he com [&] Ane δ. seue wike] seuen wike β; seue wiken δ; seuene wykes ε. þer after] after δ; here after ε. lond] londe β.] 
                                
                                  To fore midewintere · & feng þis kinedom [To fore] Afore β. & feng] and fonge β; to fonge ε.]

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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 867
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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