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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Þo was þer on þat het marcel · þat fonded mid al is mayn · [het] highte γ; hyte ε. fonded] fondede Bα; sewyd ε.] Vor to awreke quintylian · to quelle sire waweyn · [Vor to] Vort α; To δ. quintylian] Quintilicyan β; Quinti|lucyan ε. to quelle] to sle B; & quelle αε; and kille β; & to sle δ.] Line 4280 Sire wawein him biturnde · & an stroc him ȝef · [biturnde] turned βδε. an] o α; one βε. him ȝef] he ȝaue ε.] [Ictus waw|ein.] & al þat heued & þe breste · al clanliche him to clef · [&] þat B. & al . . . . breste] & þat heued te þe bruste α; That þe heed to þe brest β; And þe brest & þe hede δ; Marcel þoruȝ þe heed in to þe bryst ε. al] om. B. him to clef] in two him claue ε.] Go he sede to quintilyan · in helle þer he is · [quintilyan] quincilian α; Quintilicyan β; Quintilucian ε. in] in to βδ.] & seye him þat sire wawein · him sende word þis · [seye] seiþ β; seythe γ. him sende] sende him α; sendeþ him β; sended him γ; sent to him ε.] Þat suiche strokes þe brutons · conne ȝiue ywis · [brutons] broutons α.] Þat he seiþ þat mid hom · bote ȝulpinge & bost nis · [Þat he . . . . hom] Þat seyþ þer nis mid ham no þing α; That seiþ þer nys with hem noþinge β; That seiþ þer is no þing wt hem ε. seiþ] seyde B; seyd δ. hom] hym B. ȝulpinge] ȝulp α; ȝelpe δ; ȝelp ε; brag β. nis] þer is αβε; þere nys δ.] Vor ichot þuder þou ssalt · þin del þou miȝt him ssewe · [ichot] ychot wel B; ich wot α; I wot β; y wote ε. þuder] þat þydir þou δ. þin del] þi del α; þy dool β; thi doel γ; þerfor þi doole ε. . him] om. αβε.] His felawes he bad turne aȝen · al þei hii were vewe · [bad] bed B. al þei] & þei α; & þouȝ β; þouȝ ε. vewe] bot fewe δ.] Hii turnde aȝen ech of hom · atte laste on slou · [ech] & ech Bα; & eche βδε. atte laste] atte leste B; at þe leste αβδ. slou] a slou α.] [Hearne page 211] Ac euere þe romeins after · sywede uaste ynou · Line 4290
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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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