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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.

Is here amidde us alle · to susteini is riȝte · [susteini] susteyne C.] Muche þonc were it vs of god · mid him vorto fiȝte · We trewe & in soþnesse · aȝen hom þat false beþ · Aȝen wat men ȝe ssolle · viȝte wel ȝe seþ · [Aȝen] Aȝe BC. seþ] yseþ C.] 9381 Of þe erl roberd of gloucestre · ȝe ne dorre noþing drede · [roberd] om. C. dorre] durre C. noþing] abbe non B; habbe no C.] [folio 134a] Mid word he þretneþ muche · & lute deþ in dede · [þretneþ] þrenet C. deþ] doþ C.] Is mouþ is as a leon · is herte arn as an hare · [leon] B; leom A; lyon C. arn] arew C.] Al so of þe erl of chastre · ȝe ne dorre abbe no care · [of þe] þe C. chastre] chestre B. no] non B.] Fol hardi he is inou · ac al wiþoute rede · [Fol] foul C.] 9386 Hastif wiþoute porveance · oþer wisdom in dede · Vorþ he wole as him þincþ · ac mid lute manhede · [Vorþ] Worþ B; for C. wole] wol C. lute] litel C.] Is brayn & wit is so feble · þat þer nis of him no drede · [no] non B.] Vor wat he aþ Manliche · bigonne · he it aþ bi|leued · 9390 Wommanliche as vor defaute · of wit in his heued · [in] of B.] Of þe welsse þat mid him beþ · ne dorre ȝe noȝt drede · [welsse] welsse men B; walisch C. him] hom C. dorre] durre C.] [Hearne page 458] Vor fol hastif hii beþ ek inou · & al so wiþoute rede · [fol] folc B; foul C.] Lepe hii conne as naked men · no dunt bileueþ wiþoute · [no] non B; hore C. bileueþ] bylefþ B.] We ssolle as so monye ssep · to driue al þe route · [monye] many 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 665
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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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