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 heo vel in a lute slep · sein swiþin to hire com · [a lute] o lute α; oo litel β.]  [Hearne page 337] 
                                
                                  Doȝter he sede be studeuast · to vnderuonge þis dom · [studeuast] stedefast C. vnderuonge] vnderfong C; do nou α; do now βδ. þis] þy BCδ; þi αβ.]  [apparicio.] 
                                
                                  Ich am swithin wam þou bidst · & uorȝif þi sone þis dede · [wam] wham C; whom γ; to whom δ. bidst] biddest α; byst B; best C. &] om. αβ. uorȝif] verȝyf B; forȝif α; for ȝeue β.] 
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                                  And to passe þe fury yre · naue þou none drede · [And] om. αβδ. passe] passy BC; passi α. þe] þat α; þys δ. fury yre] fure Irens β. naue þou none] haue þou none β; haue þou no γ; haue no manere δ.] 
                                
                                  Þe quene was glad þo heo awok · of þat þis godemon sede · [was] heo was B. awok] awoke α; woke β. of] om. C; vor α; for βδ. þis] þe αβδ.] 
                                
                                  Þat folc com þikke amorwe · to se þis wonder dede · [Þat] The δ. þikke] αβ; þicke BC; þyk δ; þilke A.] 
                                
                                  And þe heyemen come echon · þen dom to hure sone · [þen] þane Cα; þat ilke β; þat δ. to hure] for to se β.] 
                                
                                  And þe king þen dom uor to ȝiue · an hey sat on is trone · [þen] þane C; þe αβδ. an hey] on highe γ. on] in βδ.] 
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                                  Biuore him uor to auonge · hir dom · þe quene me broȝte al so · [uor] om. αβ. auonge] fonge αβδ. also] al (cut off) A.] 
                                
                                  Þe king hire esste sturneliche · wer heo wolde þe dom do · [esste] esched C; escht δ; asked γ. wer] wher C; ȝif α; if β; yf δ. wolde þe dom] þe dom (doom β; dome δ) wolde αβδ. þe] þan C.] 
                                
                                  Þe quene wepinde wel sore · þe king ansuerede þis · [wepinde] wepude B; wepynge Cβ; wepinge α. wel] ryȝt β. þe] to þe δ. þis] with þis β.]  [Re[. . . . p[. . . . .] 
                                
                                  Sire king þou art mi louerd · and mi sone ywis · [art] ert C. and mi] also my β.] 
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                                  Ich emme þat þe ber · and uor þe gronede ylome · [ber] bere B; bar α; bare γ. ylome] lome β.] 
                                
                                  Þe wule þou in mi wombe were · & ar þou fram me com[e] · [þou] that thou γ. in mi wombe] in myn wombe C; on me α. & ar . . . come] omitted in δ. & ar] er α; or 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 500
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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