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.

                                
                                  Villiche hii were & wiþ strengþe · idriue in to yrlonde · [Villiche . . . &] And so þey were δ. hii were] om. αβγ. idriue] iwere idriue α; were ydryue βγ. in to] to αβγ.] 
                                
                                  Þo adde gracian þis lond · al clanliche anhonde · [gracian] garcian α. al clanliche] clanliche alle δ. anhonde] on honde Bαβγ (& passim).]  [gracianus romanus fit rex.] 
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                                  He let him crouny king · & þo he al louerd was · [crouny] þo crowne B; þo crouni α; þan croune βγ. & þo] þo α; when βγ. al louerd] a lord B.] 
                                
                                  Nomore ssrewe þan he bicom · ich wene non nas · [No more] A more δ. bicom] bicam α; bigan βγ. non] neuere α; neuer βγ; to fore him δ.] 
                                
                                  Þat lond folc ȝede vorþ · & to gadere drowe · [Þat] The δ. ȝede] eode B; ȝeode α; þo wenten δ. vorþ] forþ þo α; forþe þo βγ. to gadere] to gider hem βγ.]  [occisio graciani.] 
                                
                                  & ar he dude to muche wo · þan foule ssrewe slowe · [ar] har α; er βγ. þan] þo B; and þane α; and þat βγ; þat δ. foule] om. αβγ. slowe] hi slowe α; þei slouȝ βδ; they slowe γ.] 
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                                  Þat þe king was aslawe · it was sone wide couþ · [Þat] Þo α; Whenne βγ. þe] þo B. aslawe] yslawe B; slayn β slayne γ. wide] om. B.]  [reditus pictorum & scot|torum.] 
                                
                                  In ech half fram londe to londe · norþ & eke souþ · [In] On αβγδ. ech] eche Bαβ. norþ & eke] boþe norþ & B; boþe bi norþe & αβγ; boþ northe & δ.] 
                                
                                  So þat it to þe kinges come · þat wende to yrlonde · [it] om. δ. it to þe kinges] to þe kinges hit α; to þe kynges hit βγ. to] in to Bδ.] 
                                
                                  Hii porueyde þat hii adde · folc ynou an honde · [porueyde] porueiȝede α. an] on Bαβγ.] 
                                
                                  Of norwey of denemarch · & also of scotlonde · [norwey] noreweyȝe α. of] and of Bαβγδ.] 
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                                  & barnde & to grounde slowe · vast in þisse londe · [barnde] brent βγ. to grounde slowe] slowe to grounde αβγ. in þisse] in þis B; on þis αβγ.] 
                                
                                  So þat þat folc of þis londe · al clene was ouercome · [þat þat] þat þe Bαβγδ. al clene was] was clene δ. clene] chene A.]  [Hearne page 98] 
                                
                                  For þe king adde arst of þis lond · al clene þis kniȝtes inome · [arst of] er out of α; er oute of β; here oute of γ. of þis lond . . . kniȝtes] al þe knyghtis oute of þis lond δ. al clene þis kniȝtes] þe knyȝtes so clene B; þe kniȝtes clene αβγ.]

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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 152
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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