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.

                                
                                  Avreli & vter · þe tueye breþern corteys ·
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                                  Wiþ gret poer amorwe · ariued at totteneys · [Wiþ] Mid α. amorwe ariued] aryuede on þe morow δ. ariued] ariuede Bα.]  [aduentus aureli & vter.] 
                                
                                  Þo þe tidinge sprong · þat hii come attelaste · [Þo þe tidinge] Whenne tiþinges β. come] comen B.] 
                                
                                  Þe brutons þat were helples · aboute hom drowe vaste · [helples] Bαβγ; helpes A. aboute hom drowe] come aboute hem B. drowe] drowen δ.]  [aduentus brutonen|sium.] 
                                
                                  Þat were to sprad her & þer · hii were þo glad inou · [to sprad] y spradde δ.] 
                                
                                  Þat folc also of holi chirche · aboute hom vaste drou · [Þat folc also] & þat folc α; And þe folke β; And þat folke δ. holi] holiȝe α. aboute hem vaste] fast abowte hem δ.] 
                                
                                  Þere hii made aureli king · & omage him dude echon · [aurelius fit rex.] 
                                
                                  & bede þat hii moste · vpe þe saxons wende anon · [&] Tho δ. bede] prayed β; bede þey δ. moste] myȝt β. þe] om. α.] 
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                                  Ac þe king aurely · þer aȝen gan speke · [Ac] & αβ.] 
                                
                                  Vor he þoȝte on vortiger · is fader verst awreke · [on] in αβ. vortiger] Fortiger β. awreke] to awreke δ.] 
                                
                                  Vor is herte was so gret · uor is fader deþe þere · [herte] hurte α (& passim). fader] fadres β; faders γ.]  [Hearne page 135] 
                                
                                  Þat he ne miȝte glad be · ar he awreke were · [ar] or γ.] 
                                
                                  Vortiger was iflowe · vor drede of him ywis · [was] ys B. drede] fere δ.] 
                                
                                  To an castel in irchenveld · in þe est ende of walis · [an] one αβ. irchenveld] irchinefeld α; yrchynfelde β.]  [aurelius vadit ad vortiger|num.] 
                                
                                  Aboue þe water of weye · vpan hul an hey · [weye] wythe γ. vpan] op on α; vpon an βδ. an hey] on hey β.] 
                                
                                  Þe king aureli þuder com · & þun castel isey · [Þe] Þo α; Tho δ. þun] þat Bδ; om. α; þe β. isey] seye δ.] 
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                                  To eldol erl of gloucestre · he spec in þis manere · [eldol erl] eldolf erl B; Eldolf þe Erle β; Edolf þe Erle γ. spec in] spac on α; spake in β; spake on γ.]  [Rex con|sulit comitem gloucestrie.] 
                                
                                  Sire noble erl nim god ȝeme · of þis castel here · [noble] om. δ. nim] take δ. nim god ȝeme] nim nou ȝeme α; myn owen eme 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 203
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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