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.

Þat tuenty pound of golde · ech of hom bere · [hom] hem hym B; hom hym C; ham him α; hem him βδ; hem to him ε.] & þritti pound of seluer · fram ȝere to ȝere · [þritti] þre hundred αβε. pound of seluer] þousand oxen βε; thousande of oxen γ. fram] euere fro δ. fram ȝere to ȝere] with oute any were β; wythouten any were γ; wiþoutten any werre ε.] & tuenti þousend oxen · ek to þis golde · [& . . . . oxen] Thei him ȝeldede bi truage β; Thei him ȝelded by trewage ε. ek to þis] and also his βε.] Line 5570 & hauekes & houndes · as mony as he wolde · [mony as] maniȝe so α.] [habitacio ultra weye.] To certein woniinge he hom broȝte · boþe lowe & heye · [To] And to ε. certein] a certeine δ. woniinge] woniȝinge α; wonynge B; wonyng C; wonnynge β. hom] om. αβε. hom broȝte] brouȝt hem δ. boþe] om. αβ.] So þat hor woniinge were · al bi weste weye · [So] om. αβε. woniinge] woniȝinge α; wonynge B; wonyng C; wonnynge β. weye] weiȝe α; wyȝe β; wygh γ.] & no þing in þe est alf · so þat weye ywis · [þe] þan α; þat βε. weye] weiȝe α; wyȝe β; wygh γ.] Ȝut to þis day to delþ · engelond & walis · [Ȝut to] Ȝute to α; Vnto δ. day] daye Bδ; dayȝe α. to delþ] to deleþ C; deleþ α; delethe δ; parteþ β; departeth γ; hit deleþ ε. &] fram α; from βδε.] Line 5575

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& þoru king aþelston · þat was verst ydo · [king] þe kyng C; þe kynge δ. þat] þis ε. was] om. C.] [certus terminus cornubie.] Men of cornwayle he broȝte · to certeyn stude al so · [certeyn] a certeyne δ; a certeyn ε. stude] stede C.] Vor biȝonde þe water of tamer · he hom adde alle ybroȝt · [Vor] Ver α; ffer ε. water] watere α. tamer] tame αβ; Tene ε; Camere δ. hom adde] adde hem B; hadde hom C; hadde ham α; hadde hem β; had hem δε.] [Hearne page 276] To wonye þer as in hor owe · & a þis alf noȝt · [To wonye] To woniȝe α; To wonne β; ffor to dwelle ε. þer] om. αβδε. in hor owe] in her owne ε; with Inne here owen β. a þis alf] a þeos half α.]
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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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