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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.

Hit was longe ar he miȝte speke · vor deol þat he made · [deol] þe doil β; the doel γ.] [folio 103a] Atte laste he ros vp · as þe bissopes him bade · [Atte] Atte þe C; At þe αγ. laste] om. C. bissopes] bischop C.] & vel to is moder vet · aduun anon akne · [vet] vot C. akne] a kneo α; on knee β.] [peticio venie.] 6970 Moder he sede ich abbe misdo · aȝen god & þe · [misdo] mys ydo B. aȝen] aȝe C; aȝenst α. þe] aȝen þe B.] Þat i nam noȝt wurþi to be þi sone · ac par seinte charite · [Þat] om. αβδ. i nam] Ich nam α; I am βδ. wurþi to] wurþe to B; wourþe to C; worþe α; worþi β; worthi to γ. ac par] ac per B; ac for δ; but for γ.] Vor pite þat of þe Magdalein · god adde uor ȝif it me · [pite . . . . adde] þe pite þat god hadde of þe magdeleyne C. pite þat of þe] þe pyte þat of þe B; þe pite of αβδ. Magdalein] Maudeleine α; Magdaleyne βδ. god] þat god αβδ. uor ȝif] forȝeue δ.] Sone quaþ þe moder þo · as al þis men iseþ · [þe] hys B; his β. al] alle α.] God aþ vaire issewed · þat we gultelese beþ · [issewed] schewed now β. gultelese] gultles α.] 6975 Atte biginninge þeruore · aȝen þe bissop ich rede · [biginninge] biginnige A; bygunnynge B. aȝen] aȝe α.] Amendement do þat is · gultles of þe dede · [do] do him αδ; to him β.] & suþþe þou miȝt aȝen me · vor ich mot nede be milde · [þou miȝt aȝen me] aȝen me þou myȝt B. aȝen] aȝe Cα; aske β. mot] most δ.] [Hearne page 340] As kunde of moder wole · & blod aȝen my childe · [of moder wole] wole of moder α; wil of moder δ. aȝen my] of aȝe myne C; aȝe mine α.] Þo þe bissop was icome · wepinde wel sore · [icome] come γ. wepinde] wepynge β. wel] ryȝt β.] 6980 Þe king vel doun to is vet · & criede him milce & ore · [vel] gan falle αβδ. doun] adon C; om. αβδ. vet] fote β.]
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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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