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.

                                
                                  Bi is daye seint kenelm · to deþe ybroȝt was · [kenelm] kenelin A. ybroȝt] brought γ.]  [Hearne page 258] 
                                
                                  Þe kinedom was þer after lute · vor wreche of þat cas · [lute] lute worþ α; litel good worþe βε. vor] of γ. þat] þys δ.] 
                                
                                  Vor bernolf of wam we tolde · noȝt þre ȝer king nas · [wam] wan B; whā α; whom ε. nas] was β.] 
                                
                                  Ar egbriȝt king of westsex · made him fyki pas · [bellum de elindon.]  [Ar] Or ε. made . . . . pas] as hit fel by cas β. fyki] feke B; feky C; fiki α; feki δ; seke a newe ε.] 
                                
                                  Vor an bataile at elendone · hii smite mid hor ost · [an] o α; om. β; a ε. elendone] elindone α; Elyndonne β; Elyndoune ε; londone C. hii] þat hi α; þat þei β. smite] smete C; smote β.] 
                                
                                  Þe king bernulf was þer bineþe · & binome him al þis bost · [him] om. BCαβε. þis] ys B; his Cα.] 
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                                  & is folc moche aslawe · & he fley mid moche wo · [is folc moche] moche of his folke ε. aslawe] slayne γ; sleyne ε. & he fley] & he fleu B; & fley α; & fleyȝ δ; & flowe β; þerfor he fledde ε. mid moche wo] mid gret pas α; with gret pas βε; a grete pas δ.] 
                                
                                  In king egbriȝtes poer · is kinedom was ydo · [was ydo] was þo BC; þo was αδε; þan was β.] 
                                
                                  Eiȝte hundred ȝer & tuenty · & sixe þer to · [ȝer] om. αδ. sixe] syxte B; six ȝeres α; six ȝerys δ; sixty ȝeres β; sixty ȝeeres ε.] 
                                
                                  As in þe ȝer of grace · þis batayle was ydo · [þis] þat αβδε.] 
                                
                                  Þe king of westsex her after · adde al þe kinedom ·
                                
                                  Of þe march oþer eche ȝer · truage of hom nom · [oþer eche] eche oþer αβε. hom] him δ.] 
                                
                                  In egbriȝtes kinedom · þe four & tuentiþe ȝere · [kinedom] regne ε þe] om. Cαβδε. tuentiþe] twenti αδ; twenty β.] 
                                
                                  Hit was ar þis batayle · at elendone were · [elendone] elindone α; Elyndonne ε; londone C.] 
                                
                                  Bernulf suþþe in est angle · of men of þe londe · [occisio bernulf.]  [of men] þoru men BCα; þoruȝ men βε; þrouȝ men δ; though meu γ. þe] om. B.] 
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                                  & þoru egbriȝtes poer was aslawe ich under stonde · [egbriȝtes] egbriȝt α. aslawe] slayne γ; ysleyne ε.]

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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 376
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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