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.

Þo þis king ycrouned was · hii ȝarkede hom anon · [persecucio humbrie.] [ycrouned] crowned γ. ȝarkede] ȝarked BC; arayed δ; gaderd ε.] [Hearne page 237] & in to homberlonde · sywede vp hor fon · [& in to] To geder & in to ε. vp] vppon βε.] 4874 Þe king edelfred in is half · mid þe poer of is londe · [Þe] Tho þe ε. edelfred] adelfred α. in] & B; on αβδε. of is] of þis βε.] & of oþer londes ȝare was · aȝen hom vor to stonde · [ȝare] redy δ; þer β; there γ; here ε. vor] om. δ.] Þo hii were to þis batayle · prest in eyþer syde · [Concordia.] [in] on αβδ.] Som frend biþoȝte him bet · & bituene hom gan ride · [biþoȝte him] hym byþoȝte B; hom bi þouȝte C; him biþoute α; him biþouȝt β; him by þouȝt ε. bet] better β; a better wey ε. gan] gonne BC; can γ.] & made acord bituene hom · þat þe king adde al þat lond · [al þat] al þis ε.] Edelfred biȝonde homber · al clene in his hond · [forma con|cordie.] [biȝonde] biȝende C. in] on αβ.] 4880 & king cadwan bi souþe homber · & al is owe lond walis · [al] om. BCαβδε. owe] owen β; owne γ.] Þoru hard oþ & god ostage · yconfermed was al þis · [yconfermed was] hi confermede α; þei confermed β; þei con|fermed to ε.] Bituene þis tueie kinges anon · so gret loue þer was · [anon] þo αδε; þan β.] [folio 74b] Þat hor noþer nadde noþing · þat to oþeres wille nas · [hor noþer] noþer of hem β; nouther of hem γ. nadde] hadde β; had γδε. to] om. ε.] Bituene þe king edelfred · & þe quene is wif · [contencio regis & regine.] [king] quene γ.] 4885 Þerafter þoru luþer wille · wax a gret strif · [Þerafter . . . wille] Þoru luþer wille þerafter α; Thurȝ luþer wille þer aftir β; Throuȝ euyl wil þer after δ. wax] wexe β; was δ. a gret] a wel gret αε; a ryȝt gret β; wel grete δ.] Þat þe king hire drof awey · mid childe as ȝo was · [hire drof] droue hure C; drof her δ. drof] droue β. ȝo] heo B; he C; heo α; sche βε; she γ.] & nom him an oþer wif · & þat was a deoluol cas · [nom] toke βδ; toke to ε. a] om. αβ]
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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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Page 344
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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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