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.

                                
                                  Þat beste red conne rede · merlin þat is · [conne] þe can B; konne þe αβ.]  [Hearne page 145] 
                                
                                  Vor þer nis in þis kinedom · so wisman iwys · [nis] is β. þis] þi B; þy δ. wisman] witti man α; wyse a man δ.] 
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                                  To segge soþ of þinges · þat to comene beþ · [comene] konninge α; comynge β. beþ] buþ α; ben β.] 
                                
                                  Ne of quoynte gynnes · uor to rede as we al day iseþ · [quoynte gynnes] quoyntes B. uor] om. αβ. as we al day] as al day we α; al day we β. iseþ] suþ α; seen β.] 
                                
                                  Merlin was þo in walis · he was sone of soȝt · [of soȝt] af sout α; oute souȝt β; ysouȝt δ.] 
                                
                                  Mid messagers & yfounde · & to þe kinge ybroȝt · [Mid] And wt δ. messagers] messingeres B. &] om. δ. & to] & to fore α; and afore β; and byfore δ. kinge] kyng Bα. ybroȝt] brouȝt β.]  [aduentus merlini.] 
                                
                                  Þe king made him Ioye inou · & among alle · [him] of him δ. Ioye] chere β. &] & þere δ. among] amon B. alle] hem alle Bβδ; hāl alle α (sic).] 
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                                  Bad him telle of som þing · þat him ssolde biualle · [Bad] Bed B. som] some α.] 
                                
                                  Sire king quaþ merlin þo · such þinges ywis · [quaþ] quod β; seyde γ. such] suche B; swich α.] 
                                
                                  Ne beþ uor to ssewy noȝt · bote ȝwanne gret ned is · [Ne . . . noȝt] Beth noght for to be schewed δ. ssewy] schewe Bβ; schewi α. ȝwanne] wen B; whanne α; whan β; whenne γ. ned] nud α.] 
                                
                                  Vor ȝif ich it sede in busemare · oþer bote it ned were · [ich it sede] þei were seyd β. it] om. Bαδ. busemare] bismare Bβ; busmare α. ned] nud α.] 
                                
                                  Sone fram me he wolde wende · þat gost þat deþ me lere · [fram . . . wolde] he wolde from me δ. þat gost] þe gost Bαδ.] 
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                                  Þe king þo non oþer nas · bad him som quoyntyse · [þo non oþer nas] sawȝ þan none oþer was β. nas] it nas δ. bad] bod B.] 
                                
                                  Bi þenche aboute þulke cors · þat were so noble & wyse · [þulke cors] þe bodiȝes α; þe bodies β; þe corsses δ. were so noble] so noble were B; noble were αβ; so noble men were δ.] 
                                
                                  Sire king quaþ merlin þo · ȝif þou wolt here caste · [þo] om. α. wolt] wilt β.]  [concilium Merlini.] 
                                
                                  In honour of hom a work · þat euere ssal ylaste · [honour] þe honour B.]

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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 216
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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