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.

                                
                                  & mette hom & ane batayle · smite vpe assesdoune · [& mette] Mette B. ane] a B. ane batayle smite] smite to gadere a bataile α; smote to gidre a Bataile β; smytte to geder a batelle ε. vpe] vp Bα; apon β; vppon ε. assesdoune] asschesdoune α; Asshe|doun β; Asshesdoñ δ; Asshedowne ε.]  [bellum de asses|doune.] 
                                
                                  Þer was many moder child · þat sone lay þer doune · [many] maniȝe o α; many a βδε. þat . . . doune] sone yleyde adoñ δ. doune] a downe ε.] 
                                
                                  Þe batayle laste uorte niȝt · & þere were aslawe · [laste] ylaste B; lasted ε. uorte niȝt]; forto nyȝt α; fourtnyȝt β; fort nyȝt δ; fourtennyȝt ε. were aslawe] were sleyne ε; riȝt slayn were β.] 
                                
                                  Vif dukes of denemarch · ar hii wolde wiþdrawe · [hii wolde] þey were δ. wiþdrawe] hem wiþdrawe þere β. See Appendix, Note AA.] 
                                
                                  & mony þousend of oþer men · & þo gonnen hii to fle · [mony] maniȝe α. oþer] oþere α. men] folke β. þo] þan β. gonnen] gonne Bαβε; gan γ; gon δ.] 
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                                  Ac hii adde alle be ssent · ȝif þe niȝt nadde ybe · [adde alle be] alle had be δ. alle be] alle ybe B; ben alle αβ; ben al ε. ssent] assend B; ischend α; y shent ε. þe] om. αβδε. nadde ybe] hadde nouȝt be β; had ybe ε.] 
                                
                                  Tueye batayles her after · in þis sulfe ȝere · [her] þer were αβε. þis] þe Bαβδ; þat ε.] 
                                
                                  Hii smite & at boþe · þe heþene maystres were · [smite] smiten αγ; smytten ε.]  [duo alia bella.] 
                                
                                  Þe king aldred sone þo · þen wey of deþe nom · [Þe] om. αβδε. aldred] Aldered B; adelred αβε; Adelrede δ. þen] þane α; þe βε.]  [Hearne page 264] 
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                                  As it vel þe vifte ȝere · of is kinedom · [it vel] was in αβ; hit was in ε; hit byfelle in δ. vifte] vyfty B; fifteþe αβ; fyftene ε.]  [obitus aldred.] 
                                
                                  At wymbourne he was yburd · as god ȝef þat cas · [wymbourne] winebourne α; Wyneburne γ; wynebourne ε. yburd] ybured B; ibured α; buryed γ.] 
                                
                                  Þe god alfred is broþer · after him king was · [god] gode Bα.] 
                                
                                  ALfred þis noblemon · as in þe ȝer of grace he nom · [noble] gode α; good βδε. as] om. αβε. he] om. αβδε.]  [alfredus fit rex.] 
                                
                                  Eyȝte hundred & sixty · & tuelue þe kinedom · [&] om. δε. þe] here his δ; þis 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 387
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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