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.

                                
                                  So þat hii were boþe dede · & al so sire godefray · [So þat] & α; And β. al so] ek α.] 
                                
                                  De mount scabiouse was · aslawe weilaway · [De mount] Beumond & α; Bemond and β. scabiouse] scobiouse C; ytabious δ; scabiose αβ. was aslawe] a slawe was Cα; yslaw was so δ; slayn was β; slayne were γ. weilaway] welaway C; waylaway α; walewaie β; weillawaye δ.] 
                                
                                  Vor as he an kniȝtes heued · of arabie of smot · [an] o α; oone γ.] 
                                
                                  & he & his armure · were þoru out hot · [his] al his Cαβ; alle his δ. armure] armere δ. were] was β.] 
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                                  On sset him þoru out · mid an arwe þere · [On sset] And shotte γ. an] on α.]  [Hearne page 398] 
                                
                                  So þat þis tueye gode kniȝtes · of cristine aslawe were · [So þat þis] & þeos α; And so þise β. tueye] om. β. aslawe] slayne γ.] 
                                
                                  Þis batayle laste þus · fram morwe vor to non · [laste] ylaste Bα; ilaste C. fram] om. α. morwe] amorwe B; amorewe α; morowe γ; þe morne δ. vor to non] fort hit was non α; vn to hit was noñe β; to noñe δ.] 
                                
                                  So þat þe verste cristine ost · was nei wat ydon · [þe verste] þis β. was nei wat] neywat was B; was nerand β. ydon] al doune β.] 
                                
                                  Vor þer adde vewe aliue · ofscaped in þe place · [vewe] but fewe β. aliue ofscaped] of scaped alyue α; ascaped alyue β. ofscaped] yscaped δ. in] of Cα; fram β; oute of δ. þe] þat β.] 
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                                  Ȝif vr louerd hom nadde isend · help þoru is grace · [hom nadde] ne hadde hem β; nadde Cδ. isend] sent β. help] poer B.] 
                                
                                  Vor hor felawes of þe oþer ost · al versse to hom drowe · [versse] vorste B; fresch C; fressche δ.] 
                                
                                  Verst þe duc godefray · mid gode kniȝtes ynowe ·
                                
                                  & in þe riȝthalf of is ost · þe baldewines tueye · [&] om. δ. is] þe δ. tueye] two βδ.] 
                                
                                  Were & gouernede þe ost · mid hor poer beye · [beye] bo δ; þo β.] 
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                                  & steuene þe bleis mid is ost · þe luft side nom · [steuene] stefne α. bleis] blois C; bloys δ. luft] lefte β.] 
                                
                                  & Roberd erl of flaundres · after þulke ost com · [erl] duc α; Duke β.]

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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 587
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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