Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse

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.

& þo sir maci was inome · & hii wiþinne come · An carpenter þat hii sede · þat sset þe ssute hii nome · [þe ssute] þane schote C.] & ladde him vpe þe tour an hei · & made him huppe to grounde · 11,104 He hupte & debrusede · & deide in an stounde · [debrusede] was debrused C. an] a C.] & sir Roger of clifford þo · þe castel in warde hadde · [&] om. C. þe castel] þane castel C.] & hii nome sir maci · & in to marc him ladde · [marc] þe march C.] & sir Ion giffard nom to him · is quic eiȝte echon · [&] om. C. him is quic] hym quyke C.] & al þat he fond of is · & nameliche at sserston · [fond] fonde C. sserston] scherston C.] A freinss bissop þer was · at hereforde þo · 11,110 Sir peris de egeblaunche · þat hii dude al so wo · [egeblaunche] eugeblanche C.] Hii come vor to nime him · Iarmed manion · Þe godeman vor drede · to churche wende anon · [to churche wende] wende to churche C.] & reuestede him bi þe auter · ac sir roger ne sir Ion · [reuestede] reueste C. auter] weued C.] Vor honour of holichurche · nolde wiþinne gon · 11,115 Ac sir tomas torbeuille · & oþer ssrewen mo · [torbeuille] turberuyle C.] Wende vp & wiþ strengþe · made him out go · [wiþ] myd C.] Þo he sei þat he ne moste · habbe churche peis · "Par crist" he sede sir tomas · "tu es Maveis · [sede] seide C. Maveis] mauueis C.] Meint ben te ay fet" · vor he adde muche god · [Meint . . . fet] meint bien te ai fet C. vor he] vor he uor he A.] 11,120 Þer biuore him ido · & he it vuele vnderstod · [vuele] vuel C.] Hii harlede him out of churche · þat lute pite adde · & is god nome vaste inou · & to erdesleye him ladde · [god . . . . inou] goudes faste y nou nome C. erdesleye] erdesle 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 738
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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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