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.

& nimeþ þe wreche of ȝoure fon · þat vr louerd ȝou bed nouþe · [nimeþ] nemeþ C. ȝoure] oure C.] Þat ȝoure dede mowe be couþ · bi norþe & bi souþe · [ȝoure dede mowe be] oure prowesse be C. &] & ek B; & eke C.] Þat it be onour to ȝou · & to ȝoure eirs al so · [Þat] & þat C. ȝoure] oure C.] 9340 & ȝif ȝe abbeþ herte god · þis noble dede to do · [abbeþ herte god] habeþ goude wille C.] Ȝoure riȝt honden holdeþ vp · to god & ȝoure þoȝt · & bihoteþ him to be stable · & þat ȝe ne fleþ noȝt · [fleþ] ssolde fle B; schulle fle C.] Hor honden hii helde vp alle þo · & bihete god to be · [folio 133b] Trywe & stable in bataile · & neuere vor to fle · 9345 Þe king steuene aȝen þis dede · to holi chirche drou · [Hearne page 456] & is mass hurde verst · mid deuocion inou · Þe bjssop of lincolne · is masse song þo · & at tyme as he wolde · to offringe go · & is taper þat he offrede · in þe bissopes hond [fraccio cerei.] do · [is taper þat he offrede] hadde his offrynge taper C. do] ido C.] 9350 Bodiinge as it were · þe taper berst a tuo · [Bodiinge] Bodyng B.] Þe box þat heng ek ouer þe weued · Mid godes fless & is blod · [þat heng ek] ek þat hong B; þat henge C. is] om. B.] Þe streng brac & he vel adoun · such signe nas noȝt god · [brac] breke B; brek C. he vel] ful C. such . . . . god] þat nas no syngne goud C.] Me Iuggede wat it ssolde be · to tokni þis cas · [wat] þat C. be to tokni] be tokny B.] Þat þe king ssolde be ouercome · & al so it was · Þe king after masse wende · toward þe batayle [paracio belli.] sone · [masse] þe masse C. wende] vende B.] 9356 He ordeinede is folc & is ost · as he þoȝte to done · [is folc] folc C. he] hym C.]
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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 663
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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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