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.

Fram londe to londe · wide hii gonne wende · [hii] he B.] So þat hii come attelaste · to yrlondes norþ ende · [So þat] & αβ; om. γ; So δ. hii come attelaste] atte laste heo (þei β) come Bβ; at þe laste hij α; Atte they come γ; at last þey come δ.] Aȝen þat folc of scotlond · & þat folc þat hii founde þere · [Aȝen] Aȝenst δ. þat] þe Bδ. folc] lond Bα; londe βγδ. þat folc] þo folc B. þat] om. αγδ. founde] fonden B.] Of þis eldore kunde · scottes icluped were · [eldore] vldure α. scottes] þat Scottes αβγ; þat Scottys δ. icluped] yclepud Bδ; yclepede α; callid βγ.] Line 960 Þe picars bede þe scottes · an ende of hor londe · [bede] prayed β; preyd γ. an] on αδ; one βγ. hor] har δ.] To ȝiue hom to libbe by · bi suench of hor honde · [to] forto B; for α. libbe] lyb δ; lyue βγ. by] ynne δ. bi suench] bi swinch α; with swynk B; by swynke β.] Þe scottes sede þat þet lond · noȝt inou be · [sede] seide B; seiden α; saide β; said γ. þet] þilk δ; om. αβγ. noȝt] nolde not B; nolde nouȝt α; wolde nouȝt β; wolde noght δ.] To hom boþe to libbe by · as hii miȝte ise · [962-964. bi suench . . . . libbe by] om γ.] [hom boþe] hem alle δ. libbe] lyue Bβγ. ise] þer yseo α; þere yse βγ; hit see δ.]

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Ac þat hii miȝte ofte ise · in cler weder þere · [folio 19b] Line 965 Estward as þe sonne aros · a lond as it were · [a lond as it] ase hit o lond α; as hit a londe βγδ.] Murie & vair hit þoȝte inou · & þat hii þuder wende · [Murie] Muriȝe α. þoȝte] semeþ βγ.] To wonie & to libbe þer · & þat hii hom word sende · [libbe] lyue Bβδ; leue γ. hom word] worde βγ.] Ȝif enimon hom destourbede · & þat hii wolde hii sede · [Ȝif enimon] If ony man δ. destourbede] greuede B. & þat hii wolde hii] þey wolde as þey hem δ.] Wardi hom fram alle men · þat hom ne tidde no drede · [Wardi] Warde Bβγ. hom] om. δ. alle] al oþere δ. hom ne tidde no] hem bi tidde no B; þei hem dide no βγ; hem dorst nothynge δ.] Line 970
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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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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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