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.

                                
                                  Nolde god þat ich soffrede · mi louerd þat is & was · [Nolde god] Wolde hit not βγ.] 
                                
                                  Þat bit me vorȝifnesse · & to amendi is trespas · [bit me] bid me B; biddeþ þe αβ; byddyth the γ; byddeth me now δ. vorȝifnesse] forȝefnesse B; forȝeuenesse α. amendi] amende Bβγ.] 
                                
                                  Þat he in þine bendes come · god it ssilde me · [Þat . . . come] On þine bendes þat he come α; In þi bondes þat he come βγδ. it ssilde] schulde hit euere α; schilde hit euer βγδ.] 
                                
                                  Vor þou ne ssalt so liȝtliche · him nime i segge þe · [ne ssalt] ne schalt nout α; schalt nouȝt β. nime] take βγδ. i segge] I say βγ; I seye δ.] 
                                
                                  Þe wle ich libbe vor ich wolle · in ech manere fonde · [Þe wle] Wyle B; Þe while αβγ. in ech] on eche α.] 
                                
                                  To helpe mi louerd & min vncle · bote þou me vnder|stonde · [bote] bute B; bot if δ. me] þe αγ; þee β.] 
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                                  Þo þe emperour hurde þis · he bigan him biþenche · [Þo] om. αβγ. hurde] herde B; ihurde α; harde βγ. him] to δ.] 
                                
                                  & is wraþþe toward þe king · [for drede of þe erl quenche · [for drede of þe erl quenche] B; om. A; þoru bede of þe vrl quenche α; þurgh þe Erle prayer quenche βγ; for drede gan quenche δ. 1352 Þe emperour & þe king] Þo emperour & þe king B; om. A; Þe amperour & þe king] þo α; The Emperour & þe king þan βγ. in] on αβγ. acorded] acordede Bα.] 
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                                  Þe emperour & þe king] in þis fourme acorded were ·
                                
                                  Þat þe king of þis lond · to þe emperour bere · [þis] þisse α. to þe] to þen α.]  [Hearne page 59] 
                                
                                  Þre þousend pound of seluer · fram ȝere to ȝere · [selver] seluere α. fran] aye fro δ.] 
                                
                                  As þe truage to rome · þat non vorbore nere · [As þe] As to B; Ase α; As βγ; Of δ. to] of αβγ. non] þou βγ. vorbore] uer bore B.] 
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                                  In þis manere was engelond · Ibroȝt verst in seruage · [In] And in B; On αβγ. was engelond] engelond was α englonde was βγ. Ibroȝt] brouȝt Bβγ.] 
                                
                                  & þoru treson of þe sulue lond · verst ȝef truage · [&] om. αβγδ. þe sulue] þis selue B; þisse sulue α; this self βγ verst ȝef] furst hit ȝaf α; first hit ȝaue βγ; for euer to pay δ.] 
                                
                                  Þeruore a king ne mai noȝt · among is kniȝtes be · [a] o α. ne] om. δ.] 
                                
                                  To sturne of is iugement · ac somdel him bise ·

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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 98
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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