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.

                                
                                  & bigonne him to sprede · & after þen wey nome · [bigonne] gonne α. him] ham α; hem γ. þen wey] þane wey α; þe weie β.] 
                                
                                  Þe normans were aboue þe hul · þe oþere vpward come · [Þe] om. αβ. aboue þe] ope α; apon þe β. hul] doune BCα; dowñ β; doñ δ. þe oþere] þo þe ouþer C; er þe oþere α; or þe oþer β; and þe oþer γ; þo þe oþere δ. vpward] vpard B; opward α.] 
                                
                                  & bi turnde hom aboue al eseliche · as it wolde be donward · [& . . . . eseliche] & aboue hi turnede ham aiseliche α; And aboue esiliche hem turned β. eseliche] heselyche B; eiselych C. don|ward] adonward B.] 
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                                  & þe oþere bineþe ne miȝte noȝt · so quicliche vpward · [þe] om. B; þo δ. ne] om. δ. bineþe ne miȝte] byuore ne myȝte B; ne myȝt bi neþe β; myght by nethe γ. noȝt] om. α. vpward] vpard B; wende vpward C; wende opward α; wende vpwarde β; wend vpward δ.] 
                                
                                  & hii were biuore altosprad · þat me miȝte bitwene hom wende · [hii were] om. β. biuore] to fore Cαδ; afore hem β. me . . . hom] ne myȝte bytuene hem B; me myte þoru ham α; men þoruȝ hem myȝt β; men myght thurgh hem γ.] 
                                
                                  Þe normans were þo wel porueid · aboute in eche ende · [þo] so B; om. αβδ. wel porueid] wel yporueide C; iporueid α; purueide β. aboute] aboue γ. in eche] on eueriche β.] 
                                
                                  & stones adonward slonge · vpe hom ynowe · [adonward] donward α; dounward β. vpe] op on α; vp on β.] 
                                
                                  & mid speres & mid flon · vaste of hom slowe · [mid speres] speres δ; spere β. mid flon] eke flon α; also flon β; also floune γ. vaste] and fast β. of] on C.] 
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                                  & mid suerd & mid ax · uor hii þat vpward nome · [&] Boþe β; om. δ. suerd] swerdus δ. mid ax] ax ek α; with spere β. vpward] vpard B; opward α.] 
                                
                                  Ne miȝte no wille abbe of dunt · as hii þat donward come · [Ne . . . dunt] No myȝt nouȝt wel haue here dynt β; No myght wel haue here dynt γ; Myght not so wel haue hir dynt δ. no] non B.] 
                                
                                  & hor vantwarde was to broke · þat me miȝte wiþinne hom wende · [vantwarde] avauntward δ. me] ne B. wiþinne hom] þoru out α; þorwȝ β.] 
                                
                                  So þat þe normans uaste · slowe in ech ende · [So þat . . . slowe] & þe normans slowe faste αβ. in] aboute in α; abowte on β. ech] eche Bα.] 
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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 539
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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