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.

                                
                                  Ac þo he hurde þat þe romeins · icome were to þis londe · [Ac þo he hurde þat] But when he harde þat β; But he herde γ. icome . . . londe] were nyȝ come at honde δ. icome were] were ycome γ. to þis] in hys B; in þis αβγ.] 
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                                  To hom he wende hasteliche · & let londone stonde · [hom he wende] hem went β; hem wente γ.] 
                                
                                  Þo he com nei kaunterburi · In a valeie biside · [nei] to αβγδ. a] o αδ. biside] þere (þer B) bysyde Bδ; þer bisyde αβγ.] 
                                
                                  He sei þe emperours ost · sprad aboute wide · [sei þe] sawe þis δ; sawe þe βγ. sprad] ysprad Bα; yspradde δ. aboute wide] wonder wyde δ.] 
                                
                                  Þe emperour verst in is half · & he in is also · [in] on αβγδ. in is] hym self B.] 
                                
                                  Ordeinede verst hor ost · þe bataile to do · [verst hor] fast here βγ. to] forte B; for to αβγδ.] 
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                                  Ac mid vif hondred hors iwrie · as it was bispeke · [hondred] þousand Bβγ; þousend α. iwrie] I wene βγ. bispeke] by spoke δ.] 
                                
                                  Þe erl of kent was in a wode · him vor to awreke · [vorto] forte B. awreke] ben awroke δ.] 
                                
                                  Þer of nas noȝt þe king iwar · ac wiþoute faile · [nas] was βγδ. iwar] war Bβγ; awar δ.] 
                                
                                  Mid gode herte he wende vorþ · to smite þis bataile · [gode] a good δ.] 
                                
                                  Bituene þe se & kaunterburi · þis bataile was · [Bituene] Bytwyxte δ. þis] þis vlke α; þis ilke βγ; þys ilk δ.]  [Hearne page 56] 
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                                  Neuere ich wene more slaȝt · in so lute wude nas · [more . . . wude] in o litel while more slauȝter βγ. slaȝt] slaut α; slauȝter δ. so lute] o litele α. wude] wyle B; while αδ.] 
                                
                                  Þat folc vel doun vorwounded · & aslawe in eiþer side · [doun] om. αβγ. vorwounded] wounded βγ. aslawe] yslawe B; slayn βγ; yslayn δ. in] on αβγδ.] 
                                
                                  As þicke as leues doþ of tren · aȝen winteres tide · [As þicke] om. αβγ. As] Ac B. leues] Bα; leeues βγ; leuys δ; leueþ A. doþ of tren] of þe treon α; on þe treen βγ; of treen δ. winteres] þe wynteres δ.] 
                                
                                  Ac þo þe folc of þis lond · nei adde þe maistrie · [þe folc] þat folk Bαβγδ.] 
                                
                                  Com þe erl of kent mid is ost · þoru is tricherie · [tricherie] fals trecherye δ.] 
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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 93
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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