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 seide brenni to belin · þat he scholde vnder|stonde [Þo] Than βγ. seide] sent βγ.] 
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                                  To ȝelde his lond & his wif · þat he ne dude him schonde [lond] londe βγ. wif] wyfe βγ. dude] dide βγ.] 
                                
                                  King belin tolde luite · of brenniȝes sonde [luite] litel βγ. brenniȝes] Brennies βγ.] 
                                
                                  Þer fore he com mid pouer · for to belin schonde [com] come βγ. for to] for to do βγ.] 
                                
                                  Belin mette him sone · ase ich telle may [him] with him βγ. ase ich] as I ȝow βγ.] 
                                
                                  Muche was þat gode folc · þat þer aslawe lay [gode folc] good folke βγ. aslawe] slayn βγ.] 
                                  Line 120 
                                
                                  Ȝe fiftene þousend · are þe bataile were ydo [Ȝe] Ȝa βγ. are] er βγ.] 
                                
                                  And brenni was þe twelfþe · þat vnneþe ascapede þo [twelfþe] twelfe βγ. ascapede] ascapid βγ.] 
                                
                                  Kyng belin o parlement · at euerwik huld anon [huld] helde βγ. anon] anone βγ.] 
                                
                                  To wite wyth king guthlac · what were best to don [wite] om. βγ. don] done βγ.] 
                                
                                  Þat was king of denemarch · & in warde was bi|steke
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                                  So þat bi al his conseil · ase hit was bispeke [conseil] counseile βγ. ase] as βγ.] 
                                
                                  Þat he nome his homage · & god [So MS. altered to good. yharmed.]  ostage þere [nome] take βγ.] 
                                
                                  To bere him gode [So MS. altered to goode.]  triwage · fram ȝer to ȝere [triwage] trewage βγ. ȝere] ȝeer βγ.] 
                                
                                  & lete him & þe wimman · & alle þat wiþ him were [wimman] womman βγ.] 
                                
                                  Wende hamward hare wey · þat non y armed [Originally]  nere [homward] hamward βγ. hare] here βγ. non y armed] none yharmed βγ.] 
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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 790
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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