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.

                                
                                  Ouercome al þin fon · to soþe ich segge it þe · [þin] þi B; þine α. to soþe] for soþe αβγδ. it] om. Bαβγδ.] 
                                
                                  Sende we ȝute after mi sones · octo · & ebyse · [ȝute] om. δ. mi] mine α. octo] octe B; octa αβγ; Otte δ. &] & eke δ. ebyse] Ebise Bδ; elyse αβ; Elise γ.]  [Hearne page 120] 
                                
                                  Þat quointe werreours beþ · & stalwarde & wyse · [quointe]; queynt βγ. werreours] werroures B; worreors α; werryours βγ. stalwarde] stalworþe Bβ; staleworþe α; stalworth γ.]  [Missio post octo & ebise.] 
                                
                                  In þe norþhalf ȝif hom lond · ware þou wolt bise · [ȝif] ȝef B; ȝeue βγ. wolt] schalt δ.] 
                                
                                  Þat hii mowe bituene þe · & þe scottes be ·
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                                  Þanne þou miȝt siker be · bisouþe homber ywis ·
                                
                                  Þe king he sende after hom · & grantede al þis · [he] B; hen A (? het); let α; lete βγδ. after] all after δ. al] eke al δ.] 
                                
                                  So þat wiþ þre hondred ssipes · hii ariuede þer · [þat] om. βγ. þre] Bαβγδ; þe A. þer] her α; here βγδ.]  [aduentus eorum.] 
                                
                                  Vol of armes & of men · her was gret poer ·
                                
                                  Þe king wel vawe ȝef hom lond · as hengist him bi|soȝte · [wel vawe] wel fayn B; wel fawe α; ryȝt fayne βγ; fawe δ. ȝef] ȝaf Bαβγ.] 
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                                  & hengist euere mo & mo · ssipes hider broȝte · [hider] βγ; hyder B; hidere α; hedir δ; hide A.] 
                                
                                  Þo þe brutons þis yseye · of trayson hii were in drede · [Þo] om. δ. yseye] ysee γ. of] and of δ. hii] om. δ.] 
                                
                                  Vor þe lond was al of hom yfuld · þer uore þe king hii bede · [þe] þo B. al of hom yfuld] al mid hem yfuld B; of ham ifuld α; of hem yfullyd βγ; so fulle of hem δ. þe king] om. γ. bede] badde γ.] 
                                
                                  Þat he ssolde him vnderstonde · & out of londe hom do · [him] om. δ. londe] the londe γ.] 
                                
                                  Vor it ne bicome noȝt to payens · among cristine men be so · [Vor] om. δ. ne bicome noȝt] bicomeþ nouȝt βγ; by come noght δ. to] the γ; om. δ. payens] payns Bα; Paynymes βγ; Paynems δ. be] to be δ.] 
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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 182
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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