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 note vor a peni · so þat hii ete · [a note] one note α; one notte γ. a] o α; oo γ. so] so for hungur β.] Hor hors & hor hiden · & assen ar hii lete · [& hor] & þe Cαβ. hiden] huden ek Bα; huden eke C; hides also β; houndes eke δ. assen] hassen B; asses δ; om. β. ar hii lete] her ylete α; þe heer þei lete β.] Wo þat miȝte weodes abbe · & þe roten gnawe · [Wo] Þulke α; Thilke β. weodes] weoden B; þe wedes β. þe] om. δ. roten] rotene α; rotes β; rootes γδ.] Oþer seþe & Make potage · was þer of wel vawe · [Mahe] makye BC; makiȝe α. wel vawe] ryȝt fawe β.] Vor honger deide monion · hou miȝte be more wo · 8340 Muche was þe sorwe · þat among hom was þo · No maner hope hii nadde · to amendement to come · [maner] manere α. nadde] hadde βδ. to amendement] amende|ment αβ.] Vor hii ne miȝte armes bere · so hii were ouercome · [ne] om. α.] Atte laste vr suete louerd · þoȝte on þis dede · [suete louerd] lordde suete B. on] apon β.] [apparicio christi.] & com to an holi man · & þes wordes sede · [an] on α. þes] þeos α.] 8345 Go seye þe cristinemen · of þe west ende · [seye] & sei to C.] Þat ich abbe her biuore · ibe hom god & hende · [abbe her biuore] here beforn haue β. ibe] be β; bene γ. hom] to hem Bβ. god] gode B.] & þat ich made hom verst winne · of nice þe cite · [&] om. BCδ. þat ich] om. αβ. verst winne] wynne furst C. winne] to wynne δ. of nice þe cite] Nyce þe gret Citee β.] & moni oþer bataile · þe wule hii seruede me · [moni] maniȝe α. oþer] on oþer α; an oþer β. bataile] batailles C.] & þe cite of antioche · þat so strong was in ech ende · [so] om. αβ. in] on α.] 8350 & þo ichom adde al þis ido · fram me hii gonne wende · [& þo] Þo α; Whenne β. ichom adde] ic hom hadde C; ich hadde α; I hadde β; I hem hadde δ. gonne] gan β; ganne γ.]
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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 596
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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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