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.

                                
                                  Þis was endleue hondred ȝer · & in þe niþe ȝer riȝt · [Þis was] om. αδε. endleue] enleue Bα; endleuene C. niþe] om. B; niȝeþe δ. ȝer] om. αδε.]  [Hearne page 433] 
                                
                                  After þat vr louerd was · in is moder aliȝt · [8909-8911 omitted in βγ.] 
                                  Line 8911 
                                
                                  & of þe kinges crounement · In þe niþe ȝer · [of] in β. crounement] crounynge β; crownyng ε. In] as in βε. niþe] om. B; nynþe β.] 
                                
                                  Þat þe verste erl of gloucestere · þus was ymad þere · [Þat þe] He α; Þe δ; Thus he was ε. verste] om. ε. þus was] first ε.] 
                                
                                  Roberd þat sposede þe riȝt eir · king henryes sone · [riȝt] kynde ε. henryes] henry B; harryes ε.] 
                                
                                  Þat vor is gode dedes worþ · ich wene euere in Mone · [Þat] om. α. gode dedes] gode dede B; goodenys so good ε. worþ] he worþe ε. ich wene euere] euere ic wene C; euere ich wene αδ; euer ε.] 
                                
                                  & bristowe þoru is wif · was þo al so his · [þoru] þour B. þo] om. B. al so his] his also I wys ε.] 
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                                  & he broȝte in gret stat · þe toun as he ȝut is · [in gret stat þe toun] also þe towne in gret state ε. as he] ase α; as hit ε.] 
                                
                                  & arerde þer an castel · mid þe noble tour · [& arerde þer] Also þer he rered ε. arerde] rerde Bα; rerede C. an] o α; a ε. mid þe] wiþ an ε.]  [Leuacio castelli bristowe.] 
                                
                                  Þat of alle þe toures of engelond · is iholde flour · [Þat of] Þer of δ; Whiche of ε. þe] om. α. of] in ε. is] he is α; hit is ε. iholde] holde ε. flour] þe flour α; þe floure ε.] 
                                
                                  Þe priorye of seint Iames · In þe norþ side a lute · [Þe priorye] An house ε. Iames] iemes C; ieme δ. þe norþ] norþ α. a lute] he lyþe ε.]  [folio 128a] 
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                                  He rerde of blake monekes · as is bodi liþ ȝute · [ll. 8920,8921 transposed in αε.]  [He] And þer he ε. rerde] rerede C. blake monekes as] Monkes blake where ε. liþ] is αδε.]  [Prioratus sancti Iacobi.] 
                                
                                  Vor he is biuore þe heye weued · ibured þere iwis · [Vor he is] And liþ α; A lytel ε. is] om. C. þe] om. δ. weued] weuede C; awter ε. ibured] bured δ; I beryed ε. þere] þer he is ε.] 
                                
                                  & of þe hous of theoskesburi · þulke couent is · [theoskesburi] teukesbury BC; teukesburi α; tekesbury δ; Tewkes|bury ε. þulke] þat ε.]

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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 636
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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