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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.

Þe bachelerie al þat aȝt was · out of þulke lond nome · [al] om. αβγ. was] wes B; was al αβγ. þulke] þat B; þe αβγ.] & astorede here þis lond · & þe poer of rome · 2226 & þe londes abouten vs · abbeþ wel under ȝite · [þe] om. B; al δ. abouten] abowte δ. abbeþ] haþ βγ; haue δ. vnder ȝite] vnderstonde βγ.] Þat þer nis no volc bileued · þat lond vor to wite · [nis] is γ. bileued] bilefd α. þat lond vor to wite] for to kepe þat londe βγ.] Hii slexþ & destrueþ al · þat þer nis no þing bi leued · [slexþ] sleþ Bα; sleeþ βγδ. destrueþ] destruyeþ B; destruiȝeþ α; distroieþ βγ. nis] is γ; ys δ. no þing] nouȝt αβγ. bi leued] bilefd α.] Ware bi men mowe libbe · & al vor defaute of heued · [Ware bi] Bi whan α; By whom βγ. &] om. αβγ. heued] hefd α; an heued δ.] 2230 & þer nis no mon þat kunde abbe · þer to bote þou on · [&] om. αβγ. nis] is γ; ys δ. mon] mor β. abbe] haþ Bβγδ.] Help þin kunde eritage · & þou worst þer king anon · [þin] þi Bαβγ. worst þer king] schalt be kynge þer βγ; worthest kynge δ.] [folio 39b] Þe king bigan somdel to lyhe · þo he hurde þis · [bigan] gan Bδ. lyhe] lyȝhe B; liȝe α; lauȝ βγ; laughe δ. hurde] ihurde α; hard β; harde γ; herde B.] [responsio regis.] Ich abbe he sede sire bissop · such time yseye ywys · [yseye] seyn δ.] Þat inolde noȝt abbe uorsake þat lond · wo me adde ibroȝt þerto · [inolde noȝt] ich nolde nouȝt α; I wolde noȝt βγ; I nold δ. abbe] om. αβγ. wo me adde] who so hadde me αβγ. wo] ho B. ibroȝt] brout α; brouȝtβ; brought γδ.] [Hearne page 102] 2235 Ac so moche wrecchede þer is · þat it nis noȝt nou so · [wrecchede] wrecched hed B; wrecchid γ. þer] þer inne αβγδ. it] om. B. it nis noȝt nou] now it is not δ. nis] is βγ.] & nameliche uor þe folc of rome · þat so moche seruise abbeþ þere · [nameliche] om. αβγ. so] om. αβγ. abbeþ] haþ βγ; han δ.] Þat in such þralhede uor to be · ech god man loþ were · [þralhede] þraldam B. uor to be] buþ α; ben β; lyue γ]
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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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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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