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.

                                
                                  To hom hii come at homber · mid poer of scotlond · [poer] þe poer B; þe power C; þe powere δ.] 
                                
                                  & were alle at o conseil · to worri engelond · [o] om. B; on C. worri] werry C; werre apoñ β; werre vpon γ.] 
                                
                                  Hii worrede al norþhomberlond · & uorþ euere as hii come · [worrede] robbede Cα; robbed βδ. uorþ] norþ C. euere] om. β.]  [folio 111b] 
                                
                                  So þat þe toun of euerwik · & þe castel ek hii nome · [ek] om. αβ.] 
                                
                                  & monye heyemen al so · of þe contreie aboute · [& monye . . . . al so] And þe heiȝe men also manye β. aboute] þer aboute Cα; þer abowte δ.] 
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                                  So þat þet folc binorþe · ne dorste nour at route · [þet folc] þe folc α; þo folk δ; þe folke þer β; þe folke al γ. binorþe] byuore B; byfore δ. nour] nowhar Cβ; nowar α. at route] aroute α; arowte δ; rowte β.] 
                                
                                  & þo hii adde al iwonne · þe contreie þer bi side · [&] om. αβ. al] om. β. iwonne] wonne β. contreie] cuntreies al β.] 
                                
                                  Hii ne come no uer souþward · ac þer hii gonne abide · [ne] om. δ. uer] fer α; ferþer β.] 
                                
                                  Bi tuene þe water of trente · & of ouse al so · [& of ouse] & ouse C; & of house α; & þe water of Owse β.] 
                                
                                  Þere hii leuede in hor poer · vorte winter were ido · [Þere] Where β. leuede] byleuede B; bi leued Cβ; bilefde α; byleued δ. in] with β. vorte] vort α; vn to β. were] was Cδ.] 
                                
                                  Þe king willam abod is time · vorte winter was al oute · [fugacio horum per [W.]]  [Þe] om. αβδ. king] om. αβ. abod] abowte β. vorte] vort α; when β. al oute] gon owte β.] 
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                                  & þo com he mid gret poer · & mid so gret route · [com he] he come γ. gret] such Bα; suche Cβδ. so gret] suche δ.] 
                                
                                  Þat hii nadde no poer · aȝen him uor to stonde · [nadde] ne hadde β; hadde δ. no] non B. him] om. β. uor to stonde] vort astonde α.]  [Hearne page 372] 
                                
                                  Ac lete þe king þe maistrie · & flowe to scotlonde · [Ac] & α; And β. lete] lefte β. þe king] þe haue δ. flowe] flowen βδ. to] in to 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 551
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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