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.

                                
                                  Ac þat he wolde to engelond · & to holi chirche also · [& to] & α.] 
                                
                                  Be god & amendi · þat he adde misdo · [god] gode B; good man β. amendi] amende Bβ. þat] al þat C.] 
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                                  King Macolom hurde telle · þerof in scotlonde · [Macolom] Macolon B. þerof] herof B; of þis caas at hoom β.] 
                                
                                  To him to gloucestere · sone he sende is sonde · [To] And to β. to] in to δ.] 
                                
                                  & bed him vor is trywenesse · þe vorewarde abbe in þoȝt · [bed] bad α; prayed β. is] om. β. trywenesse] treuþe δ. abbe] haue γ.] 
                                
                                  Þat bituene hom was ymad · þat he breke it noȝt · [ymad] made β. breke] ne breke BCαβ. it] his C.] 
                                
                                  Þe king him sende word aȝen · to be triwe & hende ·
                                
                                  And bed him al sauf to him · to gloucestre wende · [bed] bad α. to him to] come to hym & to C.] 
                                
                                  And Make him obligacion · & ostage him gan sende · [make] made BCαβδ. ostage] costage B.] 
                                
                                  Þat he ssolde to him come · al sauf in ech ende · [ech] eche Bα.]  [aduentus Macolom.] 
                                
                                  Macolom ileuede þis · & to gloucestere þen wey nom · [ileuede] leued β; þen lyued δ. &] om. αβ. þen] þe Bαβ; þane C. nom] he nom α; he nome β.] 
                                
                                  Ac þe king he vond in such point · þo he þuder com · [þe] þane C. king he vond] kynge was β.] 
                                
                                  Þat he ne miȝte wiþ him speke · aȝen he wende wroþ ·
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                                  & þer of he wolde be awreke · he suor is more oþ · [&] om. Bαβ.] 
                                
                                  Vaste he ȝarkede is poer · þo he com to scotlonde · [poer] ost β. þo] when þat β.]  [Guerra Macolom.] 
                                
                                  & wende aȝen to worri · her vp engelonde · [Omitted in αβγ. vp] up on C; vpon δ.] 
                                
                                  & robbede & barnde · & sone þoru godes sonde · [& sone] ac sone Cδ.] 
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                                  He vond hard encontre · in norþhumberlonde · [encontre] econtre C; chaunce β. in] in cuntre of β; in the cuntree of γ. See Appendix, Note Q Q.]

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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 577
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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