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 deuel adde enuie þer to · þat he susteinede cris|tindom · [Þe] Fore þe δ. enuie] envyȝe α. þer to] om. αβγδ. he susteinede] sustened was α; susteyned was βγδ.] [toxicacio regis.] & in is stepmoder herte · is woniinge he nom · [in is] on hisαδ. woniinge] wonyȝinge α; wounynge β; wonnyng γ.] So þat þe luþer womman · of poyson hire biþoȝte · [þe] þo B. luþer] luþere α. womman] wimman α; wommon B.] & apoysonde þe gode mon · & to deþe him broȝte · [apoysonde] apoysnede B; apoysenede α; poysoned β; poysened γ; poysned δ. mon] king α; kynge βγδ. deþe] þe deþe B; þe deþ αγ.] [concilium regis.] Þe king þo he sey is deþ · is kniȝtes he let of sende · [Þe] Þis B. sey] isey α; sawe γδ. is] þen B; þe δ. is] aftir his βγ. he] om. δ. of sende] asende α; sende βγ; owte sende δ.] & ssewede hom alle þen wey · woder he ssolde wende · [þen] þe Bαβγδ. woder] wyder B; weder α. he] þey δ.] & ȝef hom gold & seluer · & ȝiftes riche & gode · [seluer] soluer B. riche & gode] good and riche γ.] & bed hom vor þe loue of god · þat hii hom vnder|stode · [bed] bad Bα; prayed βγ. hom] om. δ.] 2610 & stabeliche helde to gadere · to sauy þat lond · [stabeliche] faste α; fast βγδ. helde] holde Bβγ; hulde α. sauy] saue Bβγ. þat] hare α; here βγ.] [folio 44b] Þat neuere þe luþer payens · it adde eft anhond · [þe luþer payens] þe luþer payns B; þulke payens α; þilke paynymes βγ; þylk paynmes δ. it adde] nadde hit α; haue hit βγ. anhond] on hond α; in honde βγ.] [Hearne page 123] & ȝif he miȝte libbe leng · he nolde drede noȝt · [ȝif] ȝif þat δ. leng] lenger Bβγδ. nolde] wolde hem βγ; wolde δ.] & wanne it alles so was · þat he was to deþe ybroȝt · [alles so] so βγ; also δ. was to deþe] wes to deþe B; to þe dethe was δ.] He bad þat wanne he were ded · þat me is bodi nome · [bad] bed B. þat] om. Bαβγδ. ded] deþ β. me] me schulde B.] & bured it atte hauene · þere þe paiens come · [bured] burie B; burede α; buryed βγ; berye δ. it atte] yt þe B. þere] wer B. paiens] payns Bα; paynymes γ; Painms δ.] 2616
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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 186
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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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