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.

Þre sones he adde al so · constance was on · [he adde] ha hadde he hadde α. constance] constantyn B. on] þat on α; þat one βδ; that oon γ.] [iij filii eius.] 2275 & aurel & ambrose · gode children echon · [aurel] aurely Bβγ; aureli α. ambrose] uter B. echon] euerychone δ.] Constance is eldoste sone · in godes seruice · [Constance] Costanteyn B. eldoste] eldeste α; eldest βγ. in] putt him in βγ; al in δ.] Monek he made at winchestre · & dude as þe wyse · [Monek he made] Monk he made B; Was monek α; He was Monke βγ; Monke was δ.] Godman he was ynou · & gode lawes uorþ caste · [he was ynou] was þis king α; was þe kynge βγ.] & god pays was al is lif · & to lute wule it laste · [was] wes B. al] in al αβγ. &] om. αβγδ. to] the γ. lute] lutle α; litle βγ. it] þat Bαβγ.] Vorþ þer com a pycard · þat is maners wel wuste · [Vorþ] For Bβγ; Vor α. a] o α. maners] manere αβγ. wuste] wiste Bα; wist βγ.] [occisio regis.] Þat he louede wel ynou · & muche to him truste · [Þat] And þat Bαβγ. louede] louede him α; loued him βγ. truste] triste α; trist βγ.] He ladde him in to an orchard · as it gret neod were · [in to] to δ. an] on α. neod] ned B; nud α.] To speke wiþ him priueliche · þat no mon ywar nere · [ywar] were γ.] Ac þo hii were al bi hom sulue · & no mon hom ney · [al] om. αβγδ. hom sulue] ham sulf α. &] om. γ. hom] ham was α; hem was β; was ham γ.] 2285 He drou is knif & slou þe king · þat no mon it ne sey · [ne sey] yseyȝ B; ysey β; sey γδ.] He was sone vorþ iwent · ar eny mon were iwar · [He] Þe treitour α; The traitour βγ. He was sone] And he δ. ar] er B. iwar] war B; ware βγ.] Þo me adde al isouȝt · þe king lai ded þar · [ll. 2287,2288 transposed in δ.] [Þo] And þo Bαδ; And whenne βγ. me] men βγδ.]
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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 162
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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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