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.

                                
                                  In lepes & in coufles · so moche viss hii ssolleþ hom bringe · [coufles] kouueles α; cowles βε; Couelles δ. viss] fichs α; fissche β. hii ssolleþ hom] hii ssolde hym B; scholle α; schulde β; shul γ; schul δ; þei schul ε.] 
                                
                                  Þat ech mon ssal wondry · of so gret cacchinge · [Þat] So þat αβδε. ssal wondry] wondry ssal B; wondri schal α; wondre schal βδ; wondyr schal ε.] 
                                
                                  & more vor þe harde vorst · þat þut water yurore is · [more] þe more αβδεB. harde] om. αβδε. vorst] vorste B; forste α; frost β; froste ε. þut water yurore] þe water yfrore B; ifrore nou α; frore now so β; þe water now froren δ; yfrorre nowe ε.] 
                                
                                  Þat þe more aȝen þe kunde · of fissinge it is · [þe kunde] kynde γε. it] om. δ.] 
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                                  Of serue it wel aȝen god · & lef me is messager · [Of serue it] Of serue α; Do serue β; Deserue δ; And serue ε. aȝen god] aȝe god a; god þer aȝeyn ε. lef] ylef B; leue γ. messager] messanger ε.] 
                                
                                  & þou ssalt þi wille abide · as ich þe abbe ytold her · [ssalt] ssal B. abide] haue β. ich þe abbe] ycham B. þe abbe ytold] þe seide nou α; þee seyde nowe β; þe seyde δ; þe seid nowe ε. her] er α.] 
                                
                                  As þis king her of awok · & of þis sixte þoȝte · [þis] þe αβε. her of] om. βε. sixte] syȝte B; þinge α; kynge β; thinge γ; þynge δ; þing ε. þoȝte] him þouȝt ε.]  [regis. vigilacio] 
                                
                                  His vissares come to him · & so gret won of fisse him broȝte · [so gret won of fisse] so muche fischs α; so muche fissche β; so muche fysche δ; so moche fysshe ε.] 
                                
                                  Þat wonder it was & nameliche · vor þat weder was so cold · [þat weder] þe weder B; þe forst α; þe frost δ; frost β; þe froste ε.] 
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                                  Þo leuede þe godemon wel · þat seint cuthbert adde ytold · [leuede] lyuede B; lefde α. godemon] king α; kyng ε; kynge βδ. adde] om. δ. ytold] tolde γε; him tolde δ.] 
                                
                                  In deuenissire þer after · þer ariuede of deneys · [þer after] after þat ε. þer ariuede] aryuede αδ. of deneys] þe danys ε.]  [aduentus danorum.] 
                                
                                  Þre & tuenti ssipuol men · al aȝen þe peys · [men] of men βδε. al aȝen þe peys] aȝen þe pees al at anys β.]

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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 390
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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