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.

                                
                                  Þe king howel & sire wawein · þat so gode bodyes · were · [Þe] Tho ε; om. β.] 
                                
                                  Euere hii were yliche versse · & slowe her & þere · [yliche] elyche γ. versse] ferschs α.] 
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                                  Bote hii som mon broȝte adoun · vewe duntes hii smite · [Bote] For ε. som mon broȝte] summe men broute α; somme men brouȝt β; brouȝt som men ε. vewe . . . smite] at fewe dynttes þat þei smytte ε.] 
                                
                                  Weþer of hom betere were · strong it were to wite · [Weþer] Where δ. betere were] were þe better δ. strong it were] hard it is ε. were] was Bαβδ.] 
                                
                                  Sire waweyn willede · euere mid al is miȝte · [willede] wylnede B; wilnede α; wilned β.]  [pugna wawein & lucye.] 
                                
                                  Mid lucye þe senatour · in batayle to fiȝte · [in batayle] om. ε; strongly β. to] for to αβδε.] 
                                
                                  Lucye ne wilnede noþemo · no þing somoche alonde · [ne wilnede] wilnede αδ; willied β; willed γ; wylled ε. noþemo] naþemo B; neuerþemo δ; also βε. þing] þin A. alonde] in londe βδ; in no londe ε.] 
                                
                                  As to fiȝte mid a such kniȝt · him sulue uorto fonde · [to] for to γδ. a such] such o α; suche a βδε. sulue] sulf α. uor to fonde] with his honde β.] 
                                
                                  So þat hii mette hom þere · boþe hii were wel vawe · [hom] to geder ε. wel] om. δ. wel vawe] ryȝt fayne β.]  [Hearne page 218] 
                                
                                  Þere were duntes ariȝt · & suerdes wel adrawe · [duntes . . . . adrawe] swerdes drawen & dyntes with gret mayne β. ariȝt] a ryȝt y sette ε. adrawe] idrawe α; y drawe Bε.] 
                                
                                  Þe romeins come to hor maistres sone · to helpe him in such cas · [to hor maistres] to her mayster B; om. αβδε. him] hem B. in such] in þat αβε; on þat δ.] 
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                                  So ney þat sire wawein ney · ybroȝt to grounde was · [ney] þycke B; þicke αβε; om. δ. ney ybroȝt to grounde] ney at grounde α; nyȝe at grounde ε; nye atte þe grounde β; wel nyȝe to grounde brouȝt δ.] 
                                
                                  Þe king arthure it vnderȝet · & com sone in an stounde · [Þe] Tho ε. arþure] aiþure A. it] þat δ. vnderȝet] vnderȝat α, vnderstode β; vnderstoode ε. &] he ε. an] a Bε; o α; one γ.]  [aduentus arþure.] 
                                
                                  Wat doþ ȝe he sede sire kniȝtes · quelleþ on to grounde · [doþ] do αβδε. sire] om. αβδε. quelleþ on] killeþ on fast β.]

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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 313
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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