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.

                                
                                  & wende to rome · holy lif to lede · [wende] wende forþ αβ; wende forþe δε. to] forto αβε.] 
                                
                                  Þe king cadwal dude al out · þat þe aungel & he him bede · [Þe king] om. αβδε. cadwal] cadwallad B; cadwallandre αβ; Cadwallander γε; Cadwallader δ. al out] al þing ε. þat] as δ. &] om. B.] 
                                
                                  & at rome was of þe pope · vayre vnder vonge · [vnder vonge] vnderfonde C; ynou vnderfonge α; ynouȝ yfonge β; ynowe y fong ε.] 
                                
                                  & In penance & holy lif · liuede þere longe · [&] & in βδε. liuede] leuede C. longe] wel longe α; wel long ε; ryȝt longe β; ful longe δ.] 
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                                  & þe nyenteþe day of aueryl · out of þis worl he wende · [þe nyenteþe] in etteþe B; in þe nyteþe C; in þe nyneteoþe α; in þe nyntene βε. worl] lif Cδ; lyf α; lijf β; lyff ε.] 
                                
                                  To þe Ioye of heuene · as god after him sende · [after] for ε.] 
                                
                                  Hit was seue hondred ȝer · bote on ȝer lasse vnneþe · [seue] seuene γε. on] o α.] 
                                
                                  After þat god an erþe com · þat þis king com þus to deþe · [an] on αβδ. þis] þe αβδε. com þus to] þus toke his δ.] 
                                
                                  Þe englisse þo & saxons · þat al one þo were · [þo] om. Bαβδε. saxons] þe saxons BCαβδε. þat al one] alle one þan β. þo] þus β; þo þus ε.]  [Hearne page 256]  [folio 78b] 
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                                  Grete tounes & castles · bigonne bulde & rere · [Edificacio Saxonum.]  [bigonne] gonne to αβ; bygonne þo to δ; þei beganne to ε. bulde] bilde α; belde β; bylde ε. bulde & rere] arere δ.] 
                                
                                  Þat hii adde er ycast adoun · & louerdes were þo · [er] erst ε. ycast] ycaste α; cast γε. were] þei were ε. þo] al þo B; alle þo C.] 
                                
                                  & þe brutons clene al out · mid sorwe & mid wo · [clene al] alle cleen ε. al out] al on C. & mid] & eke αδ; & eke with βε.] 
                                
                                  & lore þo boþe al clene · name & eke lond · [lore] lost β. þo] om. αβδ. þo boþe] boþe þo C. boþe al clene] all cleen boþe ε.] 
                                
                                  Vor þat was bruteyne ycluped er · me clupeþ nou en|gelond · [þat was . . . er] þat bruteine ycleped was α; þat þat Bruteyne callid was (was callid γ) βγ; þan þat Bruteyn ycleped was ε. me] men βε. clupeþ] cluped B; cleped α; calliþ β; calle it γ.] 
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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 372
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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