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.

                                
                                  Mid þre þousend hors ywrye · & her of was ywar · [Mid] And βε. hors] of hors γ. her of] þer of B. ywar] ware β; þei ware ε.]  [Hearne page 213] 
                                
                                  Þo were þe brutons glade ynou · & þen feld made bar · [glade] þerof glad α; þerof glade ε; ryȝt glad β. ynou] om. α. þen] þane α; þat βε. made] mad α; þei made ε. bar] lar α.]  [victoria brutonum.] 
                                
                                  & þen king of Scyrie · & mony oþere hii slowe · [þen] þe Bβε; þane α; þan þe δ. Scyrie] syrge B; syriȝe α; Siriȝe β; Surrye δ. mony] moniȝe α.] 
                                
                                  & louerdinges þat hii nome · to prison vaste hii drowe · [&] And þe α. louerdinges] oþere lordes δ; lordyngges ε. nome] toke βδ. to] to þe αβ; and to δ. vaste hii] hi α; þei β; hem δ; þei hem ε.] 
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                                  Þo hii to þe king come · & ssewede hor stalwardhede · [Þo hii] And when þei β; And þo þei ε. stalwardhede] stalworthe dede βε.] 
                                
                                  Þe king was þo glad ynou · vor him þoȝte he nadde no drede · [vor] om. αβδε. nadde no] hadde no β; had þe lesse ε.] 
                                
                                  Lucye þe senatour · in gret þoȝt was sone · [gret] om. B. was] was he B.] 
                                
                                  In such hard cas as him biuel · wat were best to done · [hard] a ε; om. αβ. biuel] vel B; felle δ. were best] best were αβδ.] 
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                                  So þat he þoȝte stilleliche · In to a strong cyte to wende · [he] Bαβγε; þe A. In to] to Bαβ. a strong] o strong α; o stronge β; som gret ε. to] om. B.] 
                                
                                  Vorte þe emperour him miȝte · more poer sende · [Vorte] Vort α; Vn to β; Forto þat δ; For to ε. more poer] power more αβ; power more to him ε.] 
                                
                                  King arþure was þer of ywar · & þoȝte ar he slepe · [þer of] her of Bαδ; here of βε. ywar] ware βε. ar] er α; or βε.] 
                                
                                  Wiþ al is poer bi þe wey · somwar him kepe · [Wiþ] Mid α. is poer . . . kepe] þe power þat he hadde by þe weye somwhare him mete β; þe power þat he had to be in þe wey somewhere hem to mete ε. kepe] ymete α; mete δ.]

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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 305
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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