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.

A god pope was þulke time · at rome þat het vrban · [A] O α; Oo γ. was þulke time] þat time was α; þat þan was β.] [folio 117a] Þat prechede of þe croyserie · & croysede moni a mon · [croyserie] creyserye B; creiserye δ. croysede] creysede B; croicede α. a mon] man B.] [Crucis signacio.] Þer of he sende prechors · þoru al cristendom · [Þer of] Þeruore B.] 8070 & him sulf a þes half þe mouns · & to france com · [&] om. αβ. him sulf] His self γ. a þes] a þis C; a þeos α; on þis β. mouns] mons α; mount β; monþes C. to] into αβ.] And prechede so vaste · & wiþ so gret wisdom · Þat aboute in eche londe · þe crois vaste me nom · [eche] euery δ. crois] croos γ. vaste me] vaste men C; me faste α; men fast β; fast men γ.] In þe ȝer of grace · aþousend & fourscore & sixtene · [a] o α; oo γ. & fourscore] om. AB; foure score β.] Þis grete croiserie bigan · þat longe was isene · [croiserie] creyserye B; creiserie δ. was] hit was α. isene] sene γ.] 8075 Of so muche folc · nyme þe croys · ne to þe holy londe go · [Of so] So α; So þat β. nyme] þat nom C; toke βδ. þe] þis α. ne] & αβ. go] gan go β; ge δ.] Me ne sey no tyme biuore · ne suþþe naþemo · [Me ne sey] Men ne sawe β. biuore] þer bi fore α. suþþe] sithen γ. naþemo] neþemo C; no þe mo α; neuer þe mo βδ.] Vor sulue wimmen ne bileuede · þat hii ne wende þuder vaste · [sulue] þe self β; fewe δ. wimmen] wummen B. bileuede] lefde α; leuede β. hii ne wende þuder] þeoder ne wende α; þider ne wente β.] Ne ȝong folc þei hii feble were · þe wule þe veage ilaste · [veage] viage C. ilaste] laste α.] So þat roberd courtehese · þuderward is herte caste · [courtehese] curtehose C; courtehuse α; curthuse β; Courthose δ.] [Hearne page 393] & among oþere gode kniȝtes · ne þoȝte noȝt be þe laste · [among] mid α; with β. ne] he ne Cαγ; om. δ; he β. þoȝte noȝt be þe] þoute to be þe C; thought to be γ. be] to be δ.] 8081
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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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Page 579
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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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