Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse

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.

Hii made hor cry in eyþer half · & to gadere smite · [in] on γδ. eyþer half] euery syde γ. smite] smytte ε.] Wo so nuste neuere of slaȝt · þere he miȝte ywyte · [so] om. B. nuste neuere] nuste nout α; nyst neuere γ; wist noght δ; knewe neuer ε. slaȝt] slaut α; slaughter γ; slauȝtter ε. ywyte] wyte ε; wytte β.] 4400 Þat folc vel to grounde aslawe · as leues doþ of tre · [vel] vel doun B; fel doñ δ. aslawe] om. αβε. as] so α. leues doþ] doþ leues β; leues doñ δ; leffes doen ε. tre] þe treo α; þe tree β.] Þe brutons adde þe worse verst · vor hom was loþ to fle · [þe worse] þat worse α. verst] vorste B; furst α. to fle] fleo α.] [occisio bedwer.] Þe king bedwer was þer aslawe · vor þe king of medes him slou · [Þe] And ε. bedwer] of bedwer α. aslawe] ysleyne ε; slayne γ. vor] om. αβδε.] [Hearne page 216] Mid an launce þoru þe þrote · as he toward him drou · [an] one α; a γε. þoru] þoruȝ out ε; þurgh oute β. as] are δ.] Kay is felawe him wolde awreke · king of aungeo · & to deþe was in þulke verde · ywounded al so · [&] Þat αβδε. in . . . al so] for wonded in þe feeld eke also ε. þulke verde] þe ferde α; þe felde βδ. ywounded] for wonded α; forwoundede β. also] ek also α; eke also βδ.] & ȝut as a noble kniȝt · is felawes body he nom · [as] om. βε. a] o α.] & þer wiþ ded as it was · to þe kinges dragon com · [ded . . . com] ȝeede to þe kyngges stondard dragon sone he come ε.] Ou louerd þe deol þat þer was · of hom of normandye · [Ou] om. αβε; A δ. deol] dul α; dole γ; doole ε. þer was] was þere β.] Þo hii seye hor king aslawe · flour of chiualerye · [hii seye] þei se ε. aslawe] y sleyne ε.] 4410 Þe deol of hom ek of aungeo · þo hii hor king yseye · [Þe deol . . . aungeo] & hi dulede of angeo α; & þei doled of Aungeo β; And þey made deol of Aungeo δ; And þei of Aungeo doled ε. of hom ek] ek of hem B. þo hii] for þei ε. yseye] sey γ; se ε.] Wiþ woundes to Raunced so · þat he moste nede deye · [woundes] wounden B; wondene α. to Raunced so] so to ranced α; so to raced β; so to rassed δ; so al to rased ε. nede] nedys δ; nedes γε.]
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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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