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.

Þer vore ich bidde þat ich mowe · mi stat holde þoru þe · [bidde] praye þe βγ. ich mowe] I mote δ. þoru] of αβγδ.] & þat þou vp him brutaine · mowe winne þoru me · [þat] om. αβγ. vp] of αβγ.] & ne þench þou sire noþing · þat ich treson þenche · [ne . . . noþing] ne beo þou sire nout of drad α; be þou nouȝt sirre adrad βγ; be þou Sir of noght adradde δ. þench] þenche α. treson] of treson δ.] [Hearne page 55] Vor siker þis is þe soþe wei · wiþ oute eni mis wrenche · [is] om. B. wiþoute] withouten B. mis wrenche] wrenche B.] & god wole þat men ofte · be in wraþþe & in sore · [men] men þat αβγδ. be] om. B; beoþ α; were βγ; bethe δ.] Line 1265 Þat after hor grete wraþþe · hor loue be þe more · [hor grete] gret βγ.] Þo þe emperour hurde þis · he ne truste wel þer to · [hurde] herde B; harde βγ; ihurde α. truste] tryste Bγ; triste αβ; trist δ. wel] not wel B; nout wel α; nouȝt wel βγ; noght wel δ. þer to] her to B.] Wiþ oute siker ostage · such þing to do · [to do] for to do αβγδ.] Þe erl þritti noble men · þat were of is blode · [Þe] Þulke α; Thilke βγ; Thilk δ. of is blode] of hyȝe blood δ.] Sende him & is owe sone · þat were ostages gode · [Sende him] Him sende αδ; Him sent βγ. owe] ownne γ. ostages] ostage βγ.]

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Siker was þo þe emperour · he ne leuede noȝt bi|hinde · [þo] om. βγ. ne leuede] ne lefde α; belefte δ.] [folio 24b] Line 1271 Ac com here to engelond · mid þe nexte winde · [Ac com here to] Bot come hedir in to δ.] Þe king þe wule londone · bisegede uaste · [Þe king þe wule] & þe king þe while α; And þe while þe kynge βγ; The while þe kynge δ. bisegede] bisegede wel αδ; he bisegid riȝt βγ.] & destruede þe erles lond · & is courtes adoun caste · [destruede] destryede B. lond] londes δ. courtes] contreis B; court βγ.]
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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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