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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.

For aȝen þat folc of westsex · hii nome an batayle [þat] þe δ. nome] toke β. an] þo α; þe β; a ε; om. δ.] 25 & þere hii were ybroȝt to grounde · & yssend wyþ|oute fayle [ybroȝt] brouȝt β. grounde] gronde C; nouȝt αβ; noght δ; noȝt ε. yssend] ischende C; ischend α; schent β; yschent δ; yshente ε.] Vor her folc was muche aslawe · & ybroȝt to deþe [her . . . aslawe] moche of her folk þer I sleyne was ε. her] hore C; har δ. was] were δ. muche] meche δ. aslawe] yslawe δ; slayn β. ybroȝt] brouȝt β.] & hii vor her luþerhede · of scapede alyue vnneþe [luþerhede] luþernesse αβδ; luþernes ε. of scapede] of schaped C; ascapede α; ascaped βδε. alyue] on lyue γ.] Laurence þe erchebyssop · al prest hym made also [erchebyssop] Archibischop β. hym] þei him ε. also] þo αβδε.] Vorto wende out of þys lond · as ys felawes adde ydo [Vorto] Vort to α. ydo] do γ.] 30 Þe nyȝt þet he adde imund vort abbe ywend a|morwe [Þe] Þat C. imund] ymund α; yment Cβε; ymynte δ; in mud B. vort abbe ywend] for to habbe iwende C; for to wende αβδε. amorwe] a morewe α; a morowe βδε; on morowe γ.] He lay muchedel of þe nyȝt in wo & in sorwe · [muchedel] mocheldele ε. þe] om. α. wo] wop Cα; wope δ; wepe β; wepynge γ; sore wepyng ε. &] & eke αδ; & also β. sorwe] sorewe α; sorowe βδε.] To bydde god vor holy chyrche · and vor cristen|dom [bydde god] bidde α; bide β; bydde δ; prey ε.] So þat aslep atte laste · vor werynysse hym nome [þat aslep] þat aslepe C; he slep α; he slepe βε; he slepte δ. atte laste] at þe last β; at þe laste ε. werynysse] werynes þat δ; sorowe & heuynes þat ε.] Seynt Petur to hym come · as þe slep hym toke [as] & as β.] 35 & tormented hym sore ynou · þat hech lyme hym oke [tormented] tormentede α; turment β; tomentyd δ. hech] eche Cβε; ech α; euery δ. lyme] lim α. hym] of him ε. oke] sore oke C.]
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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 349
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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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