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.

                                
                                  Þus lo þe englisse folc · vor noȝt to grounde com · [þe] þat α; om. δ. folc] men β. noȝt] naȝt B.] 
                                
                                  Vor a fals king þat nadde no riȝt · to þe kinedom · [a] o α. nadde] hadde β; had δ. no] non B. þe] om. α.] 
                                
                                  & come to a nywe louerd · þat more in riȝte was · [more in riȝte] in more ryȝt β; more vnryght δ.] 
                                
                                  Ac hor noþer as me may ise · in pur riȝte nas · [hor noþer] here nouther γ. ise] ysey B; see γ.] 
                                
                                  & þus was in normannes hond · þat lond ibroȝt iwis · [normannes hond] Normandes hondes γ. þat lond] þe lond þo δ. ibroȝt] þo ibrout C; þo brout α; brought γ.] 
                                
                                  Þat anaunter ȝif euermo · keueringe þer of is · [anaunter] an auenture α; euenture γ. ȝif] ȝef C; yf δ. euermo] ony mo δ. keueringe þer of] keouerynge þer of C; þer of keoueringe α; þer of keuerynge β.] 
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                                  Of þe normans beþ heyemen · þat beþ of engelonde · [Of] And δ. beþ heyemen] þe heiȝe men ben β. heyemen] þys hey men B; þes hei men C; þis heiȝe men α; þes hey men δ. beþ] bene γ. engelonde] þys lond B; þis londe Cαβ; þys londe δ.] 
                                
                                  & þe lowemen of saxons · as ich vnderstonde · [saxons] þe saxons Cαβδ.] 
                                
                                  So þat ȝe seþ in eiþer side · wat riȝte ȝe abbeþ þerto · [seþ] yseþ C. in] on β. ȝe abbeþ] hi habbeþ Cα; þei haue β; þey haue δ; they hath γ.] 
                                
                                  Ac ich vnderstonde þat it was · þoru godes wille ydo · [Ac] As αβ. vnderstonde] wene αβ. þoru] þour α. ydo] do β.] 
                                
                                  Vor þe wule þe men of þis lond · pur heþene were · [Vor þe wule] Fore while δ. þe men] men αβ.] 
                                
                                  No lond ne no folc · aȝen hom in armes nere · [No] Non B. aȝen] ayenst γ.] 
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                                  Ac nou suþþe þat þet folc · auenge cristendom · [þet] om. αβ; þo δ. auenge] auong B; vnderfeng α; vnder|fonge β.] 
                                
                                  & wel lute wule hulde · þe biheste þat he nom · [wel] om. αβ. lute wule] lutle while α; litel while β. hulde] hii hulde B; helden β. he] hii B; hy C; hit α; þei β; þey δ. nom] nome B.] 
                                
                                  & turnde to sleuþe & to prute · & to lecherie · [&] Ac α; But β. & to prute] & prute α; & pride β. & to] and eke to δ; & to do αβ.] 
                                
                                  To glotonie & heyemen · muche to robberie · [To] And γ.]

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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 541
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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