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.

                                
                                  & drof þe englisse men aȝen · him ne miȝte non at stonde · [him ne miȝte non] ne myte him non α; ne myȝt him non δ; none myȝt him β. at stonde] a stonde Cγ.] 
                                
                                  & slou mo þan vourty of hom · mid is owe honde · [vourty] fourti men β. owe] om. αβδ.] 
                                
                                  & wuste hom so uorte after non · vor te on mid gile nom · [wuste] kepte βδ. uorte] fort α; vn to β; to γ. vor te on] þat on α; þat oon β; þat one γδ.]  [Hearne page 356] 
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                                  A ssip and ar he were iwar · vnder þe brugge com · [A ssip] A schup C; Mid o schip α; With a schip β. and ar he were iwar] & onder hym C; priueliche bineþe αβ; & vnder him bynethe δ. vnder] & vnder C; & vnþer α; and onder β. brugge] brygge C.] 
                                
                                  & smot him ar he were ywar · vnder þe fondement lowe · [ywar] ware γ. vnder] þoru Cα; þorwȝ β; þrouȝ δ. þe] om. B.] 
                                
                                  Mid a spere & so an hey · þat he deide in an þrowe · [spere] scharpe spere δ. & so an hey] om. δ. so] þo α; þan β. an hey] an heiȝe β; on high γ. þat] om. αβ. in an] in a BC; on o α; in one β.] 
                                
                                  A stalwarde pece þat was · nou god cuþe is soule loue · [stalwarde] stalworthe γ. þat was] was þat on α; was þat one βδ. nou] om. βδ. cuþe] kithe β; cuyþe δ.] 
                                
                                  Þo þoȝte þe englisse uor is deþ · þat hii were al aboue · [hii] hui α al] om. δ.] 
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                                  & passede þe brugge anon · & slowe to grounde · [brugge] brygge C. to] þo to αδ; þan to β.] 
                                
                                  So þat þe oþer partie · bineþe was in a stounde · [So] om. αβδ. þe] þo δ. oþer] oþere α. partie] om. αβδ. was] were αβδ. in a] in one lutle α; in a litil δ; anone in a litel β.] 
                                
                                  Þo harald isey is broþer aslawe · & þe king arfager · [isey] sawe γ. aslawe] slayne γ.] 
                                
                                  Of norþweie & hor folc · he ne held no mon is per · [ne] om. δ. held no mon] huld nour B.] 
                                
                                  He ne ȝeld noȝt wel hor mede · þat wiþ him is fon slowe · [ne ȝeld noȝt wel] withhelde men β. ne] om. δ. wel] om. αδ.] 
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                                  Þeruore is men þe lasse · hor herte to him drowe · [hor] om. αβ. herte] hertis δ.]

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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 528
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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