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.

                                
                                  & his wif · Innogen · & to ssipe wende · [ssipe] schip Bα; schipe α; schippe β. wende] hij wende α; þei went βγ; went δ.] 
                                
                                  Hii nuste to wuche londe · bote as god hem sende · [nuste] Bα; miste A; nyst βγ; ne wyst δ. to] toward Bαγ; towarde βδ. wuche] AB; wiche α; whiche βγ; whyche δ. sende] sent βγδ.] 
                                
                                  Þat deol þat made · Innogen · no tonge telle ne may · [Þat] The δ. deol] dul α; doile βγ. made Innogen] Innogen made βγδ. telle] ne telle B. ne] om. βγδ.] 
                                
                                  Heo criede · & wep mid sorwe inou · & ofte iswowe lay · [Heo] Sche βγδ. wep] wepid βγ; wept δ. mid] wt Bβγδ, inou] om. αβγ. iswowe] yswone B; in sowne βγ; asown δ.] 
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                                  Þat heo wende fram al hire kun · & fram ech þat heo knew · [Þat] Þo Bαβγ. heo] ho B; sche βγδ. wende] went βγ. al] om. αβγ. fram ech] from al þing B; fram al αβγ; fram alle δ. knew] kende αβγ.] 
                                
                                  & nuste an erþe ȝwderward · bote as þe wind blew · [nuste] nyst βγ; wyst δ. an erþe] on erþe B; neuere αβγδ; ȝwderward] whiderward Bα; whiderwarde βγ; whedyrward δ. blew] hem blew B; wende αβγ.] 
                                
                                  & wuste þat heo ne ssolde neuere · aȝen come ne go · [& wuste] Heo wiste α; Sche wist βγ; And wyst wel δ. þat . . . neuere] ne scholde heo neuere α; þat sche schul neuer βγ; þat sche ne scholde δ. aȝen come ne go] aȝeyn come þo βγ; come ageyne þyder mo δ. ne] ny B.] 
                                
                                  Ne see vader ne oþer kun · louerd þat hire was wo · [Ne] No βγ. ne] ny B. oþer] om. δ. hire] hure α; sche βγ.] 
                                
                                  Brut hire clupte · & kuste · & confortede hire inou · [hire] hure αβγ. clupte] cluppede B; clupe α; clyppid βγ. kuste] cussede B; kyssyd βγ. hire] om. αβγ.]  [Hearne page 14] 
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                                  Ac he ne miȝte here herte change · þat heo to sorwe ne drou · [Ac] Þat B. he] AB; heo α; sche βγ. here] hire B; hure αβγ. herte] hurte α. þat . . . drou] þat ne sche to sorow drouȝ βγ; bot euere wepte & neuer lowȝ δ. sorwe] sore B.] 
                                
                                  Tweie dawes hii wende in þe see · fram þe lond of grece · [Tweie] Twey B; Two βγδ. dawes] dayes Bδ; daies βγ. wende in þe see] went þus δ. fram] fro B.] 
                                
                                  So þat hii come to an yle · me clupede leogece · [come] comen B. me clupede] þat me clepuþ B; þat me clepede α; þat me clepud δ; þat men callide β; þat men callyd γ. leogece] leogrece αβγ.]

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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 22
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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