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 me vond sone afterward · mid moni deoluol cas · [& . . . . sone] Sone me fond hit αδ; Soone men fonde hit β. deoluol] o dulfol α; a deolful δ; a doilful β; a doefull γ.] 
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                                  At westmunstre a tuelfte day · þis godemon ibured was · [a tuelfte] a tuelfþe B; a tuelf þe C; on þe twelf β. þis gode mon] seint edward αδ; Seynt Edward β. ibured] buried β. See Appendix, Note OO.] 
                                
                                  HArald þis false erl · þo seint edward ded lay · [þis] þe β. ded] dede B.]  [Hearne page 354] 
                                
                                  Him sulue he let crouni king · þulke sulue day · [sulue] sulf α. he] om. C. let crouni] was icrouned α; was crowned β. þulke sulue] þilke same β.]  [Coronacio harald.] 
                                
                                  Falsliche uor seint edward · so wel to him truste · [truste] triste α; trist δ.] 
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                                  Þat he bitok him engelond · þat he it wel wuste · [wel] truliche α; trewly β. wuste] wiste αβ; wyst δ.] 
                                
                                  To willames biofþe bastard · duc of normandie · [biofþe] bi of þe A; bihoue Cαβ; byhofe δ.] 
                                
                                  Ac him sulue he made king · mid such tricherie · [him sulue he made] he made him self δ. sulue] sulf α. mid such] mid suche α; þorwȝ his β.] 
                                
                                  Ac þe gode trywemen of þe lond · wolde abbe ymad king · [trywemen] men αβδ. ymad] made γ.] 
                                
                                  Þe kunde eir þe ȝonge child · edgar aþeling · [Þe kunde] Þane kunde α.] 
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                                  Wo so were next king bi kunde · me clupede him aþeling · [next king] next α; om. β. were next king] first were δ. bi kunde] bihynde γ. clupede him] clupeþ hym B; clupeþ swich C; cleped such α; callid suche β.] 
                                
                                  Þeruore me clupede him so · vor bi kunde he was next king · [clupede] callid γ. vor] om. αβδ. bi kunde] bihynde γ.] 
                                
                                  Ac harald made his wey biuore · as mid suikedom · [as mid] & β. suikedom] wyckedome δ.] 
                                
                                  Mid ȝiftes & mid uaire biheste · aueng þe kinedom · [ȝiftes] ȝifte C. & mid] & αβδ. biheste] bihestes Cαβ; byhestis δ. aueng] & auong B; & feng α; & fonge βδ.]

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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 525
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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