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.

                                
                                  Ac of one þinge ichabbe deol · þat þis payns þat luþer beþ · [of one . . . . deol] o þinge I haue doil of β. one] o B. þis] om. αβδ. payns] payens α; paynyms β; painems δ. beþ] ben β.] 
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                                  Þat he broȝte verst to londe · as ȝe alle yseþ · [londe] þis londe β. alle] alle wel β. yseþ] yseen β.] 
                                
                                  Þe noblemen of þis lond · þus to ssame broȝte · [of] þat of α. þus] þat þus β. broȝte] þei brouȝt β; þey brouȝt δ.] 
                                
                                  & þis lond þat was so riche · wastede al to noȝte · [so] om. B.] 
                                
                                  & holi chirche & cristendom · abbeþ ibroȝt to gronde · [&] And al B. holi] holiȝe α. abbeþ] habbet α; haþ β; þey haue δ. ibroȝt] broght δ.] 
                                
                                  Fram þen on se to þen oþer · alas þulke stounde · [þen on] þat o B; þe one αβ. þen] þat B; þan α; þe β. þulke] for þulke α; for þilke β; fore þylk δ.] 
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                                  Nouþe kundemen of þis lond · cuþeþ ȝoure manhede · [Nouþe] Now ȝe B; Nou ȝe α; Nowe þe β. cuþeþ] kythe β; kepeth δ. ȝoure] eure α. manhede] monhede B.] 
                                
                                  & awrekeþ ȝou of þis luþermen · of wan com þis wrechede · [awrekeþ] awreke βδ. þis] þisse α. luþermen] luþere man δ. of wan] þoru wam B; of wham α; of whom β; of whoom γ; þrouȝ whom δ. þis] al þis δ. wrechede] wrechedhede B; wrechidhede γ.] 
                                
                                  & suþþe turne we oure hond · vpe ur oþer fon · [vpe] op α; vpon β; vppon γ. ur] oure Bγ; eure α.] 
                                
                                  & deliueri we þis lond · of þe luþermen echon · [deliueri we] delyuere B; delyuere we β. of þe] of þese δ.] 
                                
                                  Þis folc mid gode herte · þen castel asaylede · [þen castel] þis castel B; þe castel þo αδ; þe castel þan β.]  [Insultacio castri.] 
                                
                                  Ac vor þe castel was so strong · hor wille þo failede · [was so] wes B. þo] þo hem B; þo ham α; þan hem β; þo hem δ.] 
                                
                                  Wiþ quointise hii caste fur · & barnde þe castel wiþ|inne · [Wiþ] Mid α. hii caste] heo casten B. fur] fuir α. barnde] brent β. þe] þat B.]  [Hearne page 137] 
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                                  & þe king vortiger was · ybarnd to doust wiþinne · [&] om. δ. þe king vortiger] wortiger þe king α; Fortiger þe kynge β. ybarnd to doust] to doust y barnd B; to douste ibarnd α; to doust brent β; al to dust ybarne δ. wiþinne] þerinne Bαβ; þo þerynne δ.]  [Combustio castri & vortigerni.]

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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 205
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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