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.

Þe monek was ioyuol inou · þo he hurde þis · [Þe] Þo B. hurde] ihurde α; harde βγ. þis] of thys δ.] & bihet him ȝif it were so · euere mo to be his · [him] om. αβγδ. mo] om. αβγδ. be] be al Bβγ; beo al α; be alle δ.] Out of is abit anon · vortiger him drow · 2305 & cloþes as to kinge bicome · dude on him uaire ynow · [as to] þat αβγδ. bicome] om. δ. dude on him] him dude on α him dide on βγ; him ded on δ.] [Hearne page 106] & to vore al þe parlement · to londone he gan him bringe · [to vore] bifore Bαβγ. he] om. αβγδ. gan him] him gan αβγ.] & sede he was purost eyr · to be icrouned to kinge · [purost] purest B; puirest α. icrouned] crowned B; crouned αβγ; croned δ.] Nomon ne miȝte it wel wiþ segge · me may riȝt yse · [Nomon . . . it wel] No mon ne myȝt wel it B; þat no man miȝte α; That no man myȝt βγ; And þat myght no man δ. wiþ segge] with sey βγ; wt seye δ. riȝt] þe ryght δ.] [folio 40b] Wanne he was þer & was pur eir · þei he adde monek ybe · [þer & was] om. αβγδ. pur] so pur α; so pure βδ; pure γ. ybe] om. B.] 2310 Vpe is owe peril it were · bote he it miȝte wel do · [Vpe] Op on α; Vppon βγ. is owe peril it] hym self þe perel B. he] om. B. it miȝte wel] wel miȝte hit α; wel myȝt hit βγ; myght it wel δ.] Þe heiemen þoru vortiger · auenge him alle þer to · [Þe] Þo B. auenge] afong B; funge α; fonge βγ; fenge δ.] Þe erchebissop of londone · goscelin was þo ded · [erchebissop] archiebischop β. goscelin] gocelyn B. was þo] þo was δ.] & non oþer him nolde crouni · uor al þat þe erl hom bed · [non] no α; none βγ. him nolde] nolde hym B; him wolde βγ; wold him δ. crouni] crowne B; cronee δ. hom] om. B.] Vor he adde so longe in ordre ybe · & he was so out ybroȝt · [Vor] Vor þat α; For þat βγ. so longe] om. αβγ. ybe] be B. he was so] so was Bαβγ.] 2315 Vor as þan vortiger · nolde bileue it noȝt · [as þan] al þat Bδ; þan α; þat βγ. vortiger nolde] nolde for|tiger α; wolde Vortiger β; wolde ffortiger γ. bileue] leue δ. it] hit riȝt αβγ.]
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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 164
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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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