Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse

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.

He dude hom ssame ynou · & temprede hom vol wel · [He] Ac he α; But he βγ; Bot he δ. dude] dide βγ. vol] om. δ.] & made hom sone milde ynou · þo hii were rebel · ANtoyn was þo emperour · & tuenti ȝer & tuo · [Antoyn] Antonin Bαδ; Antonius βγ. & tuenti] twenti Bαβγ.] 1626 & after him tueye breþeren · in þe aumperye were ydo · [tueye] tweiȝe α; twei B; two βγ. aumperye] amperiȝe α; emperie Bβγ.] Marcus · & aurelius · nientene ȝer hii were · [hii] hui α.] Cristendom by hor daye · me gan vaste lere · [me gan vaste lere] faste (fast δ) me gan arere αδ; fast men gan arere βγ. gan] by gan B.] Vor eleutherie a god mon · was þo pope of rome · [eleutherie] eleuthere B. a] o αβγ. was þo] þo was δ.] [folio 30b] 1630 Þoru wan verst cristenmen · to engelond come · [wan] wam B; whā α; wham δ; whom βγ. verst cristenmen] cristendom first βγ. cristenmen] cristendom α; cristendome δ. to] in to B; vnto δ. to engelond come] in bruteyne men her nome α; in Brutayne men here nome βγ.] Icholle ȝou sone telle hou · as ich vnder stonde · [ȝou sone] sone B; sone eu α; soone ȝow βγ; eftsone δ.] & telle after þis emperours · of kinges of þis londe · [emperours] Emperoure δ.] After king aruirag · of wan we abbeþ itold · [king] þe king α; þe kynge βγδ. wan] wam B; whā α; whom βγδ. abbeþ] habbeþ Bα; haue βγδ.] Marin is sone was king · quoyntemon & bold · [Marin] Marius B; Maurius αβγδ.] 1635 & is sone was after him · coyl was is name · [was] om. αβγ.] Boþe it were quoyntemen · & of noble fame · [Boþe] Beiȝe α. it were] þei were βγδ.] & hor truage dude to rome · as hom þouȝte hii aȝte do · [hor] om. αβγδ. hom þouȝte hii aȝte] hem aȝte to B; hem þouȝt hem auȝt to βγ; þey owght for to δ.] [Hearne page 73] Vor þer nas non so noble prince · þat ne dude al so · [nas] was β. non so] nower so B; in þe world δ. ne] þei βγ; it ne δ. al so] so B.]
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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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Page 117
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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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