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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.

Þe vewe þat were of hom bileued · as in cornwaile & walis · [Þe] Þo B. þat] om. B. of hom bileued] þo bilefd α; þan bileued β; yleft þo ε. as] om. αβε. &] & in αβε.] Brutons nere namore ycluped · ac waleys ywis · [vocacio walencium.] [nere] were βδε. namore] no mo ε. ycluped] callid γ. waleys] walis C.] After walon þat was hor duc · hii adde verst þe name · [þe] þat δ.] & ne miȝte neuere eft þis lond keuere · ac libbeþ mid alle ssame · [ne] om. δ; þei ε. eft] efter B; after γ; om. αβδε. þis] the γ. libbeþ] liuede α; lyued βδε. alle] gret αβε; muche δ.] Bote hii þus mid scolkinge · vpe þe englisse wende · [scolkinge] schowynge β; showynge γ. vpe] vpon α; apon β.] & doþ eni skek feble ynou · & abbeþ þe worse ende · [eni] ane α; a βδε. skek] skec BC; scek α; skekke δ; checke β; cheke γ; chieff ε. abbeþ] haue γ.] 5131 Ac as þe angel sede er · & merlin ek biuore · [Ac] And γ.] Hii ssolleþ ȝut keuery moche lond · þat hii abbeþ y lore · [ssolleþ] schulle C; shulle γ; schullen ε. ȝut] om. B. keuery] keoueri α; keuere γε. lond] om. αβδε. þat] of þat ε. abbeþ] haue β; haþ ε. ylore] for lore C; lore β.] Al walis & al þe march · & al middel lond ywis · Þat is al þat bituene temese · & homber is · [is al þat bituene] al bitwene for soþe β.] 5135 Al est toward londone · þis me ssal ȝut yse · [þis] & þat B. me ssal ȝut] ȝette me schal δ. yse] ysey B.] Ac vpe godes wille it is · wanne it ssal be · [vpe] vpon α; apon β. wanne] whanne þat α; whenne þat β; whan þat ε.] Here we englisse men · mowe yse some · [yse] iseo α; se βδ. some] sone B; lome δ; nou some α nowe some β; nowe sone ε.] Mid woche riȝte we beþ · to þis lond ycome · [woche] whiche α; what ε. beþ] buþ α; bene γ; ben ε. þis] þisse α. ycome] come γ.]
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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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