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.

                                
                                  Hii come þo mid gode wille · & heyemen monion · [mid] wt C.] 
                                
                                  & þe londreis mid hor poer · & hor ost greiþede echon ·
                                
                                  & smite þere an bataile · & monie broȝte to deþe · [smite] smete C. monie] manye BC.] 
                                
                                  Þe emperesse bigan to fle · & of scaped vnneþe · [of scaped] of scapede B.] 
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                                  Monye of hire godemen · fleinde inome were · [Monye] Manye B; Many C. fleinde] fleonde C.]  [folio 135b] 
                                
                                  & þe erl roberd of gloucestre · was ek inome þere · [þe] om. BC.] 
                                
                                  Vor ire luþerhede þe emperesse · al bineþe þo was ·
                                
                                  Heo miȝte wanne heo come hom · segge si haut si bas · [come hom] hom com B; com hom C. haut] haust B. bas] base B.] 
                                
                                  Of þe kinges crounement · as in þe sixte ȝere ·
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                                  Boþe as ich abbe itold · þis bataile ido were · [as] om. C. itold] itolde C. þis bataile] þys batayles B; þes batailles C.] 
                                
                                  Þe erl deliuerede þo þe king · & þe king him bi god oþe · [deliuerede] delyuered BC. & þe king . . . . oþe] & he hym myd goude oþe C.] 
                                
                                  Bi such vorewarde imad · þat hii were deliuered boþe · [Bi] myd C. such] swich C. vorewarde] forward C.] 
                                
                                  Þo king steuene was deliuered · he fondede is prowesse · [king steuene was deliuered] þe kyng delyuered was C.] 
                                
                                  Ȝif he miȝte eni time · hente þe emperesse ·
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                                  At oxenford þe emperesse · was þo in þe castel · [oxenford] oxenforde BC.] 
                                
                                  Þe kinges poer & is ost · ȝarkede þo vol wel · [kinges] kyng hys B. þo vol] þo wol B; hom ful C.] 
                                
                                  & wende vorþ to oxenford · aboute mielmesse · [mielmesse] myhelmasse BC.]  [Hearne page 463] 
                                
                                  & vorte midewinter ney · biseged þe emperesse · [vorte] vorto B; fort C. biseged] bisegede C.] 
                                
                                  So gret vorst þer com in auent · þat men miȝte of agrise · [auent] aduent B. of] om. BC.] 
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                                  Þat me miȝte boþe ride & go · In temese vpe þe yse · [boþe] om. C. vpe] vp C. þe] om. B.]

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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 671
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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