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.

                                
                                  To þe king he sede · þat he moste is castles astore · [þat] om. αβγδ. astore] þo astore αδ; þan astore βγ.] 
                                
                                  Þanne wolde is fon aboute · douty him þe more · [wolde] wolden αβγ. douty] doute B; douten α; dowten βγ. þe more] þer fore δ.] 
                                
                                  & for þe picards were is fon · somme he wolde take · [were] weren αβγ.] 
                                
                                  To be priue wiþ þe king · vor þulke ssolde make · [wiþ] mid α.] 
                                
                                  Hor felaus þat were bileued at hom · louie þat lond þe bet · [bileued] leued B; bilefd α; left γ. louie] to loue B; loue βγ. þat] þys δ.] 
                                
                                  Ac naþeles þer vore nas it noȝt · þo it was al by set · [Ac] om. αβγ. þer vore nas it noȝt] nas hit nouȝt þer fore α; was hit noȝt þer fore βγ. nas] was δ. þo] whenne βγ. was] wes B. al] om. αβγ.] 
                                
                                  Ac vor hii ne louede noȝt þe king · & in trayson were cointe · [ne] om. Bδ. cointe] quointe α; quoynte Bδ; koynt βγ.] 
                                
                                  Þat hii ssolde þen king sle · wan hii come vpe pointe · [þen] þe Bαβδ; om. γ. hii] heo B; hit βγ; it δ. vpe] vp þe B; to αβγ; to þe δ.] 
                                
                                  Þe king graunted al his wille · & for is gode he wende · [graunted] grantede B; grauntede α. gode] god α. he] om. B.] 
                                
                                  After an hondred picars · into scotlond he sende · [an] on α. picars] of picards αγ; of Picardes βγ. into] to αβγ.]  [Picardi veniunt regi.] 
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                                  Bi certeine messagers · so þat hii gonne bringe ·
                                
                                  An hondred kniȝtes of picars · þat bileuede mid vr kinge · [An] On α. hondred] hundreth γ. bileuede] bilefde α. vr] þe αβγ.] 
                                
                                  Of is meste priue men · þoru þis luþer vortiger · [Of] Al α; Alle βγ. is] om. B. meste] mest Bα; most β; moste γ. þoru] om. αβγ. luþer] swike α; swik βγ.] 
                                
                                  Of þe kinges tresour he delde eke · aboute ver & ner · [Of] And B; om. αβγ. he] om. αβγ. delde] dalt δ. eke] om. αβγ. aboute ver & ner] bothe fer & eke ner δ.] 
                                
                                  & mest of þe picars · vor to hom mest loue he drou · [of] to Bαβγδ. vor] & αβγ. mest] most β; moste γ he] om. αβγ.]  [Hearne page 108] 
                                
                                  Mid alle þat he wolde him sulf · he made him beloued inou · [made him beloued] bilouede him α; biloued hem β.] 
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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 166
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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