Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse

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.

Þe bissop wepinde al so · uorȝef it him anon · [Þe] & þe αβδ. wepinde] wepynge Cβ; wep α; wepte δ. al so] ryȝt sore β. uorgef] ver ȝaf B; & for ȝaf α; forȝaue β; and forȝafe δ. it] om. αβδ.] [Absolucio.] So þat þoru þe kinges bone · þe bissopes ech on · [So þat] & αβδ. bone] bone þo αδ; bone þan β. ech on] euerichone δ.] Ech after oþer asoilede · þe king of þis trespas · [Ech after oþer] Bi rewe α; By rewe β; A rowe δ. asoilede þe king] þe kynge assoiled δ. asoilede] asoileden α. þe] þen B. of þis] of his gret αβ; of þe luþere δ.] Mid ȝerden in is naked rug · and þat gret pite was · [Mid] And δ. ȝerden] ȝurden C; ȝerdes βδ. in] on αβδ. rug] rugh α; rugge γ; rygge C. and þat gret pite] þat gret pite hit αβδ.] Þre strokes þe moder ek · wepinde wel sore · [Þre] The δ. þe moder ek] also þe modir ȝaue β. wepinde] wepynge Cβ. wel] ryȝt β.] 6986 Ȝef him him to asoily · & ne miȝte uor reuþe more · [Ȝef . . . . asoily] For to asoile hure dere sone β. him him] hym BC; him αδ. asoily] asoili him α. & ne . . . . more] for rewþe sche myȝt no more β; and for routhe myght nomore δ. more] na more C.] Þo custe þe king is moder · & þe bissop suþþe al so · [suþþe] om. β.] & herede ȝerne seint swithin · þat such miracle adde ido · [herede] hereden α; heried δ; þanked β. ȝerne seint] god & seint α; god & seynt β. such] þe αβ; þis δ.] Þe king þo mid gode herte · deliuery het anon · [þo mid gode herte] mid gode hurte þo α; with good herte þan β. deliuery het] deliuerede eke α; delyuered eke δ; delyuerde β.] 6990 Boþe quene & bissop · hor maners echon · [quene] þe qwene β. bissop] þe Bischop δ; the Bisshop γ. echon] euerichon α; euerechone β; euerychone δ.] Nine tounes þe quene anon · of þat ire owene was · [Nine] Niȝe α, quene anon] quene ȝaue β. þat ire owene] þat hure owe C; hure owe feo þat α; hir owñ fee þat δ; hure owen þat β.] [dacio Manerio|rum.] Ȝef þe house of sein swithin · vor þis holi cas · [Ȝef] To β. swithin] Swythyns β. þis] þat αβδ. holi] holiȝe 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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Page 505
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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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