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.

                                
                                  Þo þe conseil of rome · leuede is vair biheste · [Þo þe] So þat α; So þat þe βγ. leuede] y leuede B; loued δ.] 
                                
                                  & þat he was stalwardeman · of gret poer mid þe meste · [stalwardeman] strong mon B; a stalworth man δ. of] & of B. gret] om. αβγδ. mid] with βγ. meste] best βγ.] 
                                
                                  Þe emperour mid gode chartre · & mid is owe ceel · [mid] with βγ. gode] om. αβγ. chartre] cartre B; charyte βγ. owe ceel] owne cel B; owe sel α; owen seel βγ.] 
                                
                                  Him ȝef of þe se aboute · þe warde eueridel · [ȝef] ȝaf α. eueridel] euerich del α; euerechedeel βγ.] 
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                                  Þis false man wende þo · mid is chartre aboute · [wende] ywende α; went γ. chartre] cartre B; chartres α; charters βγ.]  [Predacio Maris.] 
                                
                                  & of willeuol men · him gaderede a gret route · [willeuol men] willesful men B; willesfollemen α. him] he him βγ. a] om. αβγ.] 
                                
                                  & bi het hom god inou · of porchas þat god hom sende · [hom] him βγ.] 
                                
                                  & porueiede hom gode ssipes · & in to þe se wende · [wende] hi wende α; þei wende βγ.] 
                                
                                  & wonne hom sone Moche god · mid strengþe & quoin|tise · [wonne] wanne γ.]  [Hearne page 78] 
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                                  & suþþe mid robberie · bote hii miȝte in oþer wise · [bote] bot if δ. in] with βγ.] 
                                
                                  Of is porchas so large he was · to men þat hem founde · [is] þys δ. hem] he Bαβγδ.] 
                                
                                  Þat he adde a gret ost · in a lutel stounde · [a] o αβγ. in] wtynne δ. a lutel] o lutele α.] 
                                
                                  Þe yles he robbede in þe se · & þe hauenes suþþe aboute · [&] om. δ.] 
                                
                                  So þat men of porchas · come to him so gret route · [so gret] mite gret α; with gret β; wyth grete γ; a grete δ.] 
                                
                                  Þat þer nas no prince vnneþe · þat him miȝte at route · [nas no] nas B; was no δ. him] om. βγ; wt him δ. at route] ouȝt route βγ.] 
                                
                                  His poer wax Euere so · þat ech lond him gan doute · [wax] wex Bδ; wexed β. Euere] om. δ. so] þo αδ. ech] euerye δ. him] of him 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 124
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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