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.

In an tumbe suiþe hey · þat hii miȝte hit ver yse · [an tumbe] a temple B; toumbe αβγ. suiþe] ryȝt βγ. hey] heye B; heyȝe α; heiȝe β; high γ. hii] me α; men βγδ. hit] om. αβγδ. ver] fer αβγ; þere δ.] Þat hii vor drede of þe siȝte · miȝte sone fle · [vor drede] dradde αβγ; drad δ. siȝte] siȝete α. miȝte sone] & sone myte α; and soone myȝt β; & sone myght γδ.] Hardy was is herte to hom · wanne he wolde þat hii adde · [is herte] he αβγδ.] Drede of is bodi ded · wanne hii aliue adde · [aliue adde] o liue hym dradde B; him alyue dradde αβ; him on lyue dradde γ; aliue him dradde δ.] 2620 Þer was del & sorwe ynou · þo þis godemon was ded · [del] deol B; dul α; doil β; doile γ (& passim). þo] when βγ. godemon] king α; kynge βγδ.] [obitus regis.] & naþeles hii ne bured him noȝt · as he him sulf bed · [&] Ac Bαδ; But βγ. naþeles] noþeles B. ne] om. δ. bured] burede α; buriede B; buryed βγ; beryed δ. him sulf bed] ere hem bede δ.] Vor hom þoȝte it nas bote an wile · ac as hii hom biþoȝte · [hom þoȝte] om. αβγδ. nas] was βγδ. an wile] a wille B; o gret wil α; of gret wille βγ. ac] om. αβγ. hii] hee B.] In londone mid gret honour · þis bodi an erþe hii broȝte · [gret] om. B. þis] þat αβγ. bodi] bedi B. an] on α; in βγ. erþe] yerthe γ. hii] om. B.] Vortiger þe luþer man · þo is sone ded was · [þe] this γ. man] swike αβγ.] [vortigernus fit rex.] 2625 Vnder veng aȝen to him · þe kinedom alas · [Vnder veng] Vnder fong B; Vnderfeng α; Vnderfonge βγ. aȝen to him] to him ayein γ. to him þe kinedom] þe kyngdom to him aȝeine δ.] Vor sone þoru is wiues red · after hengist he sende · [Missio post hengist.] Þat he hider to him · mid simple uolc wende · [to him] aȝen to him αβ; ayein to hym γ; aȝeyne to him δ. wende] ywende αβγ.] Vor he dradde ȝif he adde · to gret poer an honde · [to gret] so grete δ. an] on αβγ.] Þat þer ssolde arise strif · bituene him & þe londe · [Þat þer] Bαβγ; That þere δ; Þer per A.]
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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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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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