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.

                                
                                  Mid is poer gret inou · ac þe ost in þe riȝt side · [poer] ost β; oste γδ. ac] Cαδ; as AB; but β.] 
                                
                                  Sywede þe gode reimond · mid is ost wel wide · [Sywede þe gode reimond] Þe gode reimund sywede α; þe good Rey|mond sewede β. wel] ryȝt β.] 
                                
                                  & vot folc wiþoute noumbre · & þanne þe bissop drou · [&] Ac α; On γ. vot folc] fet folc C. þanne] suþþe B.] 
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                                  In anoþer alf of an hul · wiþ gret poer ynou · [In anoþer] An oþer α; On þe oþer β. of an] vp an BCδ; opon α; apon an β. hul] hulle C.] 
                                
                                  Þe sarazins in no bataile · neuere ȝut so uaste · [no] þe BCαβδ.] 
                                
                                  Foȝte ne so stifliche · þe wule hor poer ylaste · [Foȝte ne so stifliche] So stifliche foute α; Ne so stifliche fowȝte β; Ne so stifliche fouthen they γ. Foȝte ne] Ne foute ne C; Ne fouȝt δ. ylaste] last γ.] 
                                
                                  Ac þo þis noble kniȝtes · al verss up hom come · [þis] þes δ. noble kniȝtes] knyȝtes so noble β. al verss up hom] to hem al fresche β. verss] versse B; fresch C; fersche α.] 
                                
                                  Hii þat miȝte of scapie · sone hor red nome · [of scapie] of ascape δ; ascape β. hor red] þe weie β.] 
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                                  & hor duc soliman · & bigonne to fle vaste · [& bigonne] gonne α; ganne for β; bygan δ.] 
                                
                                  So þat þis cristinemen · bileuede atte laste · [þis] om. Cβ; þe αγ. bileuede] þe victorie wanne β.]  [victoria christi|anorum.] 
                                
                                  Maistres in þe velde · mid gret wo þei it were · [Maistres] And maistres were β. þei] thof γ.] 
                                
                                  & of armes & of oþer þinge · gret preye awey bere · [of oþer þinge] oþere þynges C; oþere þinges αβ.] 
                                
                                  So þat hii were þe bet astored · & hor ost al so · [So] om. αβ. bet] better βδ.]  [folio 119a]  [Hearne page 399] 
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                                  In þe bigininge of Iul · þis bataile was ido · [Iul] Iule B; Iulij α; Iulie γ; Iuly δ. bataile was] dede was þus β.] 
                                
                                  Þo wende uorþ þis compainye · wiþ moni a noble man · [uorþ þis compainye] þis companye forþe β. moni a] maniȝe o α.] 
                                
                                  & wonne tars wiþ strengþe · & suþþe toxan · [wonne] wonnen γ. tars] Tarce B; Tawe γ. suþþe] seþþe al so α; sithe also β. toxan] Toran 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 588
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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