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.

                                
                                  Vor þe maistrie nis noȝt a kinges · ne be no so god · [nis noȝt a kinges] nis in þe king nout α; is in þe kynge nouȝt βγ; ys of þe kynge noght δ. ne be no] ne be he neuer B; ne be he no α; be he neuer βγδ.] 
                                
                                  Ac kniȝtes þat vnder him viȝteþ · & ssedeþ hor blod · [Ac] Ac in þe α; But in þe βγ; Bot in δ.] 
                                
                                  Naþeles icholle fondi · to bringe him of is sore · [Naþeles] And naþeles B. icholle] ich wol B; ich wole α; I wolle βγ; I wil δ. fondi] fonden B; fonde βγδ. of] owte of δ.]  [Hearne page 58] 
                                
                                  Vor ichabbe of him wreche inou · wanne he bisecþ min ore · [bisecþ] bisecheþ B; bisekiþ β; bysekyth γ.] 
                                
                                  Þe erl wende to þe emperour · & sat adoun a kne · [sat] set B; sette δ. adoun] om. δ. a kne] on kne Bβγ; on hys knee δ.] 
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                                  Sire he sede al þi wille · þou ast þou miȝt ise · [Sire he sede] He seide sire α; And saide sirre β; And sayd sirre γ; And seyd sir δ. þou miȝt ise] þe myȝt iseo α; þat þou myȝt se βγ.] 
                                
                                  Of þe king þat is min vncle · he is al at þin wille · [al] om. B. at þin] at þi B; to þine αβ; to þy δγ.] 
                                
                                  Haue merci of him ich þe bidde · & ne let him noȝt aspille · [of] on βγ. þe] om. Bαγδ. bidde] praye βγ. & ne let] & let B; ne lat þou α; ne late þou βγ; lete þou δ.] 
                                
                                  Wat wostou more of him · bote þat he truage þe bere · [wostou more] woldest þou more B; woldest habbe more α; woldist þou more haue βγ; woldest þou haue more δ. he truage þe] he þe truage Bαβγ.] 
                                
                                  Þe emperour was stille þo · & ne ȝaf him non ansuere · [þo] om. B. ne] om. βγδ. ȝaf] ȝef B. ansuere] onswere B.] 
                                
                                  Sire emperour quaþ þe erl þo · ne be ȝe no so bolde · [quaþ] quoþ B (& passim). ne] om. δ. no] noȝt B; nout α; nouȝt βγ; neuere δ.] 
                                
                                  Vnder þat voreward · ichabbe þe al iholde · [Vnder] Vnderstond Bα; Vnderstonde βγ; Vndirstonde δ. þat] þe αβγ. ichabbe] þat I haue δ. þe al] al þe B; þe δ. iholde] holde βγ; tolde δ.] 
                                
                                  To bringe þe king bineþe · & þat þou wonne al is londe · [bineþe] bineþe þe Bαβγδ. & þat þou wonne] and thou wynne γ. al] om. Bαβγδ.] 
                                
                                  Wat ssolde ich þe more do · nastou al þis an honde · [nastou al þis] nast þou hit al α; hast þou hit nouȝt al βγ; ne hast al δ. an honde] in þin honde B; on hond α; on honde βγ; in þyno honde 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 97
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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