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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.

And he wep & is fader · stod & bihuld þis · [And he wep] & he wept C; So þat he weep β; So þat he wepte ε. bihuld] bi hulde C. þis] al þis αβε.] 8695 Ne wep noȝt he sede leue sone · vor it ne comþ noȝt to þe · [Ne] om. ε. wep] wep þou α; weep þou β; wepe þe δ; wepe þou Cε. he seide leue sone] leue sone he seide C. leue sone] om. αβδε. vor] om. αβε. ne] om. βε. comþ] bicomeþ αβδε.] Vor þou ssalt ȝute be king · & þat me ssal ise · [ssal] ssalt B. ise] se γ.] His fader him made at westmunstre · kniȝt is owe honde · [westmunstre] westmynystre C; Wynchestre γ. is owe] wiþ his owne ε.] [Hearne page 421] In þe nienteþe ȝere of is elde · & ladde him out of londe · [nienteþe] nynetuþe α; niȝenteþe δ; nynþe βε. elde] age ε. & ladde] he ladde ε. londe] þis londe ε.] Mid him into normandie · & bileue mid him þere · [bileue] byleuede B; bileuede Cβ; bilefde α; bilefte δ; dwelled ε. mid] om. B.] Riȝt ney vorte he deide · in þulke sulue ȝere · [vorte] fort α; for C; vn to β; for tyl ε. þulke] þat ε. sulue] self γε.] 8701 Noþer of is breþeren · þo is fader was ded · [Noþer] Nouther γ; Neiþer ε. is breþeren] his breþerene α; his breþer β.] Nas nei him bote he one · as ich abbe er ised · [Nas nei him] Nere him was β; Nyȝe him was ε. he] hei C. one] om. γ; a loon ε. abbe er] er habbe α; haue byfore ε. er] om. B. ised] sede γ; seid ε.] Þeruore he ȝef him is blessinge · & al is tresour þer to · [ȝef him] ȝaf hym B; hadde αβδ; had ε. al is tresour] his tresor al α; his tresour al β.] & he adde is moder eritage · al clene of ȝifte al so · [he adde] om. αβδε. moder] moders ε.] So þat he was riche ynou · wiþoute þe king & is broþer · [ynou] man αβε. wiþoute] wiþout helpe of ε. & is] his Cαβδε.] 8706 & nadde none nede · to þe on ne to þe oþer · [& nadde none] That he hadde no β; That he had no ε. to þe] to þat ε. ne] noþer β; nouther γ. þe oþer] þat oþer ε.]
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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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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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