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.

                                
                                  & so þoru out al engelond · bote of þe contreye of kent · [þe] om. C.] 
                                
                                  Vor sire willam of ypre · was þuderward iwent · [was þuderward] þuder was C. iwent] ywend B.] 
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                                  & þe quene al so þe kinges wif · & oþere of þulke side · [kinges] kyng B.] 
                                
                                  & þulke contreye hulde vaste · betere vor to abide · [hulde] hul B.] 
                                
                                  Þo þe emperesse was · in such poer ibroȝt ·
                                
                                  So luþer & prout heo was · þat me ne miȝte it þolie noȝt ·
                                
                                  Heyemen heo let nime vaste · & in strong prison do · [Heyemen] here men C. nime] neme C.] 
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                                  Þe londreis heo dude ssame inou · & monie oþere þer to · [þer to] also BC.] 
                                
                                  Þe king in strong yre · heo het sette vaste · [het] let BC.] 
                                
                                  So þat heo wende mid poer · to winchestre atte laste ·
                                
                                  & king dauid of scotlond · þat was ire moder broþer · [&] om. B.] 
                                
                                  & roberd erl of gloucestere · & al so moni an oþer · [roberd erl] erl roberd C. moni] many C.] 
                                
                                  & þe bissopes castel bisegede · þat wende be al hor owe · [hor] om. C.]  [Hearne page 462] 
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                                  Wanne wimmen al maistres beþ · hii beþ vuel to knowe · [wimmen . . . . hii beþ] wommen beþ al maistres beþ C. hii beþ vuel] vuele hii beþ B.] 
                                
                                  Þo þe godemen of þe lond · hire luþerhede iseye ·
                                
                                  Hii gonne turne aȝen hire · boþe lowe & heye · [aȝen] aȝe C.] 
                                
                                  After sire willam of ypre · & þe quene poer al so · [þe] om. C.] 
                                
                                  Þe bissop sende þat hii come · socour him to do ·

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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 670
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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