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.

                                
                                  & gracian þe emperour · at rome suþþe he slow · [gracian] gartian α. at rome suþþe] seþþe at Rome α; siþe at Rome βγ.] 
                                
                                  Þat uor is ardy dedes · of him uor dradde ynou · [ardy] hardiȝe α. uor dradde] me dradde Bα; men drad β; men dradde γδ.] 
                                
                                  Ac þoru þe emperour þat suþþe com · yhote teodose · [yhote] þat yhote δ; þat was callid βγ. teodose] theodose B.]  [occisio maximiani.] 
                                
                                  Maximian was suþþe aslawe · maugre is nose · [was suþþe aslawe] was slayn δ. maugre] magrei B.] 
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                                  & so þei ssrewe robeours · abbe hor wille an stounde · [þei] þe B; þeiȝ β; thise γ; þouȝ δ. ssrewe] schrewes β; shrewes γ; schrewed δ. abbe] hadde B. an] at B; o αβγ; a δ. stounde] stonde B.] 
                                
                                  & cheui in hor robberie · atte laste hit geþ to grounde · [cheui in] ekny α; eke βγ; echen in δ. hit geþ] it goþ B; hi goþ α; þei gon βγ; þey goth δ.] 
                                
                                  Þe brutons þat maximian · of þis lond broȝte þo · [lond] londe α.]  [Hearne page 95] 
                                
                                  In þe lasse bruteine bileueþ ȝut · & worþ euere mo · [bileueþ . . mo] bileueþ euere mo α; bileued euer mo βγ; þey belefte euer mo δ. worþ] wroþ A; schul B.] 
                                
                                  & so þulke bruteine · of þis londe com · [bruteine] Britons δ. londe] lond Bα.] 
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                                  More þoru strengþe as ȝe seþ · þan þoru riȝt dom · [as ȝe seþ] as ȝe yseþ B; om. αβγδ. riȝt] riȝte α.] 
                                
                                  Of þe lasse bruteine · conan þat was þus king · [folio 37b] 
                                
                                  Among hom nolde of þulke lond · abbe non menging · [nolde] wolde βγ. non] no Bαβγδ. menging] myngyng B moting α; motynge βγ.] 
                                
                                  Þe childern of þulke kunde · þeruore he let sende · [Þe] Ne Bαβγδ. childern] children βγδ. kunde] londe βγ. let] lette B.] 
                                
                                  To heye men in þis lond · aboute in ech ende · [in] of Bαβγδ. þis] þisse α. lond] londe α.] 
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                                  Þat of heie menne doȝtren · maidens me nome · [Þat] And αβγδ. menne] manne α; mennes β; mennys γ mennus δ. me] þat me α; þat men βγδ.] 
                                
                                  Enleue þousend atte leste · & to him þat hii come · [Enleue] Ellene B; Endleue α; Elleuen βγ. hii] þe β; they γ.]

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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 148
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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