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.

                                
                                  As þis king edgar · an honteþ ywend was · [As] And as ε. an honteþ] an hunted C; an huntyng αε; an huntynge δ; on huntynge β. ywend] ywent C; ywende α; went β; y gon δ.] 
                                
                                  Al one he com fram is men · as god ȝef þat cas · [com fram] went fro ε.]  [visio in sompno de arbore.] 
                                
                                  So þat he aliȝte adoun · & aslepe lay · [aliȝte] lyȝte α; liȝt C; lyȝt βε. adoun] doun γ. &] om. αβε. lay] anon he lay α; noon he lay ε; anone he lay þere β.] 
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                                  Þo þoȝte him in is slep · þat he an hey tre ysay · [þoȝte him] him þouȝt ε. in] on α. he an hey tre] an hey (hei C; heye δ) tre he BCδ; on heiȝe tre he α; an heiȝe tre β. ysay] say B; sai C; sey αε; þer were β.] 
                                
                                  Stonde þere bi syde him · & as he bi huld an hey · [Stonde] That stode β. bi syde] bysydes B; bisides Cα; bysides β; besydes ε. &] om. B. hey] heiȝe so β.] 
                                
                                  Vpe þe hexte bowe · tweye applen he sey · [Vpe] Vpon αγ; Vppon ε. hexte] heiste C; hiȝest ε; heyest γ. bowe] bow α; bowþe β. tweye applen] tweiȝe applene α; two appulles γ; tweyn apples ε. sey] sawȝ þo β; sawe tho γ.] 
                                
                                  & þe bowes of þe on appel · smite þe oþer vaste · [þe on] þat on δ; þat one ε. smite] bete ε. þe] om. B; þan α; þat δε. oþer] oþer so δ. vaste] ryȝt fast β.] 
                                
                                  So harde þat he vel adoun · in þe water atte laste · [vel] ful C. in] in to ε.] 
                                
                                  A voys sede as him þoȝte · þes wordes þoru þe soun · [A] O α. þe] se A; om. B; thi γ.]  [vox.] 
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                                  Wel is þe · wel is þe · as he vel adoun · [he vel] is felde β; hit felle ε.] 
                                
                                  Þo he awok him þoȝte · wonder of þis cas ·
                                
                                  His gode moder alfife · he tolde al hou it was · [alfife] aluyue C; Alfiue δ; alyue αβ; alyue was ε. tolde] tolde to hur ε. al hou it was] of þys cas δ.]  [Interpre|tacio matris.] 
                                
                                  Ȝe leue sone quaþ þe moder · þe tokninge her of is · [leue] leoue α. quaþ þe moder] heo seide α; sche saide β; sche seid ε. þe moder] moder B.] 
                                
                                  Þat heye tre þat þou yseye · bitokneþ þe ywis · [Þat heye] Þe heye B; Þe αβε. tre] treo α. þou] you γ. yseye] seie C; seyȝe α; sawe γ; se 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 420
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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