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.

Alas þe luþer trycherye · hou miȝte be more · [þe] þat β. trycherye] tresoun β. be] hit be βε; it be γδ.] Þo was þe king arþure · vol of sorwe & sore · [þe] om. ε. sore] of sore ε.]

Arþure. [folio 69b]

In woch half turne he nuste þo · weþer est þe west · [In . . . . nuste þo] He wyst noȝt þo in whiche half to turne ε. þe] oþer βδ; outher γ; or ε.] Ac to awreke him of is luþer neueu · his herte bar alre best · [awreke] wreke Bδ. of] on γδ. luþer] om. αβδε. bar] ber B; bere γδ; to him bere ε. alre] euere B; him αβδ; om. ε. best] mest βε.] Line 4508 Þe veage toward rome · he bileuede vor þis cheance · [bileuede] bilefde α; lefte δ; left ε. vor þis] vor þys B; for þis αβ; vorþ is A.] & þe king howel of brutayne · mid þe poer of france · He bileuede þer to wardy · is londes bi ȝonde þe se · [bileuede] bilefde α; leued β; left ε. to] and γ. wardy] warde ε; kepe & warde β. is londes] þe londes αβε; þe londe δ þe] om. B.] & hopede to wyinne rome · wanne he com eft aȝe · [to wyinne] winne α. eft] om. αβδε.] Mid þe poer of þe lond · hiderward he drou · [Mid] And so wt ε. of þe] of þys Bδ; of þis αβε. hiderward] home hyderward ε.] [vadat anglie.] & mid þe kinges her bisyde · hom þoȝte er longe ynou · [ll. 4513,4514 transposed in ε.] [& mid . . . . bisyde] Wiþ þe stalworþe knyȝttes þat he had kinges] knyȝttes β. hom] hym Bγ; him αβδ; he ε. er] euere γ; or ε.] Ac modred þe luþer suike · þer biuore bi soȝte · [þe] that γ. suike] suyke B; swike αβ; swyke ε; suiker A; man δ. þer biuore] afore he him β; þere a fore ε. bi soȝte] biþouȝt β.] [Hearne page 221] Line 4515 Chelrik king of saxons · þat he help þuder broȝte · [Chelrik] Chesrik α; Chesryke β; Chesryk ε. help þuder] hem help B; help him α; helpe him δ; him helpe β; som helpe to him ε.] [Imperacio modred.]
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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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