Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse

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.

He wep on god vaste ynou · & criede him milce & ore · [wep] wepe γ. him] om. Cαβδ.] & bihet ȝif he moste libbe · þat he nolde misdo nammore · [& bihet . . libbe] ȝif he moste libbe he seide α; ȝif he myȝt lyue he seide β. moste libbe] myght lyue δ. þat] om. αβ. nolde] wolde β.] 7823 Er he ssolde þat abbe ydo · vor it was þo late ynou · [Er . . . ydo] So he scholde habbe er ido α; So he schulde haue do er β. þat abbe] haue þat δ. þat abbe ydo] habbe ido þat C. it was þo] hit was C; þan hit was β. late] to late B.] Atte laste þo he isei · þat toward is ende he drou · [Atte] And at þe β. isei] sey α; sawe γ. he] om. α.] His biquide in þis manere · he made biuore is deþ · [biquide] bi quede C; biqwest β; biquest γ; by quest δ. in] on αβ. þis] his α.] Willam þe rede al engelond · is sone he bi queþ · [Willam þe rede] The rede William β. rede] rede kyng B. al engelond is sone] hys sone al engelond B.] [Testamen|tum.] Þe ȝongore al is porchas · ac as lawe was & wone · [Þe ȝongore] And þe ȝonge β. al is] as his Cδ; his β. was] wolde γ. wone] wonne δ.] Normandie is eritage · he ȝef is eldoste sone · [is eritage he ȝef] he yaue to heritage γ. eldoste] eldor C; huldere α; elder βδ.] Roberd þe courtehese · & henry · þe ȝongoste þo · [Roberd] Robert α (& passim). þe courtehese] þe courtese B; courteose C; courtehous α; Curteyse β; Courthose δ. þe] hys B. ȝongoste] ȝongeste α; ȝongest C; ȝongest were β.] 7830 He biqueþ is tresour · vor he nadde sones nammo · [biqueþ] biquaþ α; biquathe γ. nadde] hadde β; had δ. nammo] no mo γ.] He het dele ek poueremen · Muche of is tresorie · [het dele ek] het eke dele Cδ; let dele ek α; lete dele also to β.] Vor he adde so muche of hom · inome in robberye · [so] om. αβ. inome] take β.] Chirchen he let rere al so · & tresour he ȝef ynou · [Chirchen] Churches γ. let] het C. rere al so] also rere β; arere also δ.] To rere vp þe chirche of france · þat he barnde wiþ wou · [vp] om. αβ. of] in BCαβδ. barnde] brent γ.] 7835
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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.
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Robert, of Gloucester, fl. 1260-1300.
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London,: Printed for H. M. Stationery off., by Eyre and Spottiswoode,
1887.
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English language -- Dialects -- England
English language
Great Britain -- History

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