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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.

Vor naȝt we abbeþ so ofte · vpe hom ywonne þat lond · [naȝt] vaȝt B. abbeþ] haue γ; haþ ε. vpe hom] of hem βδ; vppon hem ε. ywonne] wonne β.] [Hearne page 253] Wanne god nel noȝt þat it be · lengore in vre hond · [nel] nele α; wil βδ; wol γ; wylle ε. lengore] lengor C; longer β; no lenger ε.] Vor þe soþuast god þo he ysey · þat we nolde uor no þing · [Vor] Vor þo α; For þo ε; For þan β. þo he] om. αβε. ysey] yse B; sawe β; hit se ε. nolde] wolde β; wold ε.] Fram vre sunnes vs wiþdrawe · ne þat no prince ne king · [vre] om. αβδε. sunnes] synne B. ne þat no prince ne] ne prince ne þat no α; no prince no ȝit no β; for Prynce neiþer ε. no] non B. king] om. B.] Ne miȝte us bringe out of þe lond · he þat miȝtfol is · [Ne miȝte] Myȝt noȝt ε. us bringe] brynge vs Bδ. þe] þat δ; oure ε. he] but he ε.] Deþ after vre decerte · & pult us out ywis · [Deþ] Deþe B; Deþ sent β; Doþe ε. pult] pul C; put β; putte γδ; putteþ ε.] Comeþ nou aȝen ȝe romeins · & ȝe scottes also · [aȝen] om. δ. & ȝe] & þe α.] 5060 Pycars & saxons · & englisse þer to · [þer to] eke þer to αβδε.] Þat so moche abbeþ desired þat lond · ȝe mowe hit finde nouþe · [so moche abbeþ desired] habbeþ desired so α; han desired so β; haueþe desyred so δ; haþ desired so ε. abbeþ] habbe C. desired] desire A. nouþe] nowe ε.] Al bar wiþoute defence · binorþe & eke bisouþe · [Al bar] Al bare nowe γ. defence] eny defence δ.] & al þat þoru wreche of god · & þoru our poer noȝt ydo · [þoru] is þurgh β; is þoruȝ ε. þoru our poer noȝt] noȝt ȝoure poer noȝt B; noȝt þoruȝ ȝoure power ε. our] eur α; ȝoure β; ȝour δ.] Vor poer þat ȝe alle adde · ne miȝte it bringe þer to · [Omitted in γ. poer] al þe poer B; al þe power αβε; alle þe power δ; no poer C. alle adde] habbeþ α; haue βδ; had ε. it bringe] hit nouȝt brynge β; ȝe brynge hit ε.]
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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 368
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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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