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.

And take þe mi doȝter · vor man þou art iwis · [þe] to þe αδ; to þee βγ. man] a man δ. þou art] þat ert α; þat art β; than art γ.] To winne ȝvt a kinedom · wel betere þan min is · [ȝvt a] ȝuyt o α.] Þis king & brut were at on · þat to wiue he tok · [Þis] Þe αβγ. brut] þe brut B. were] weren α. at on] attone β; atte one γ.] His doȝter þat het · Innogen · ac his lond he vorsok · [þat het] om. B; þat hiȝt β; that hyght γ. ac] bot δ.] Þe king tok brut is oue bodi · in ostage as it were · [tok] to δ. oue] owne B; owen βγ; owñ δ. as it] so hit α.] Line 290 Vorte it were to gadere ibroȝt · al þat hii wolde arere · [Vorte] Forte B; Fort α; Vn to βγ. hii] he Bαβγδ.] He let sende is messagers · into al grece wide · [wide] wel wyde Bδ; wel wide αβγ.] He let fulle corn & oyl · & win bi eche side · [He let] And lette Bα; And lete βγδ. fulle] fille βγ.] Me chargede þre hondred ssipes · & foure & twenti þer to · Þer wiþ & al oþer gode · þat me miȝte þer inne do · [al] mid al Bα with al β; wyth alle γ; with alle δ. me] om. B; þey δ; men βγ.] Line 295 Þo þis ssipes ȝare were · & fol of alle gode · [ȝare] faire αβγ. alle] vche B; eche αβδ; ecche γ.] & þis mayde ispoused was · of so heye blode · [ispoused] spoused βγ; y wedded δ. heye] riche B.] Þe king deliurede þat folc · out of seruage · [deliurede þat folc] þat folc deliuerede α; þat folke delyuered βγ. þat folc] þo folk δ. seruage] alle seruage δ.] & brut deliurede þene king · out of hostage · [& brut . . . hostage] & þe bruyt deliuerede out þe king of ostage α. þene] þe Bβγδ. of] of hys B.]

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& nom is leue vaire of him · & þonkede him alle god · [nom] toke βγδ. of him] om. αβγ. alle] of alle δ.] [folio 8a] Line 300 & nom wiþ him al þat folc · þat he vond þere of his blod · [nom . . . folc] nam him al þat folc mid him α; toke hem alle with him βγ. nom] toke δ. vond] wan αβγ.]
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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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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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