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.

Mid his sper longe · he arnde toward þe dere [longe] so longe δ. arnde] ran βγ; rode δ. dere] Dracoere δ.] Ase þei he wolde awede · & smot hit on þe swere [þei] þouȝ βγ. & smot] he smote βγδ.] Þat þe der fel abac · þe sper gan to berste [der] Dracoñ δ. þe] þat þe δ. berste] brest βγ.] 75 Þat luþer dur op sturte · forbot his stedes breste [dur] dere βγ; beste δ. op sturte] vp stert βγδ. forbot] and forbote βγδ. stedes] stede δ.] Þat hit fel bon & senewen · þe liure & longene bo [hit fel] felle δ. senewen] senowes δ. þe liure] þe lyuer βγ; and lyuere δ. longene] þe longen βγ; longen δ. bo] in two βγ.] Fel to þe grounde anon · þe king was a fote þo [a fote] on forte β; on foote γδ.] & he drou his swerd anon · & smot þe der on þe hefde [der on þe hefde] dere on þe heed βγ; Dragoñ ys heued δ.] Þat þe swerd atwo brac · & on þe hefd bilefde [Þat] om. δ. hefd] heed βγ; heued δ. bilefde] byleeued βγδ.] 80 Ȝute þe der mid þe cheueles · sturte to þis kinge [der] dragoñ δ. cheueles] chauuels βγ; chafles δ. sturte] stert βγ. þis] þe δ.] & bot atwo his middel · swich was þat endinge [swich was þat] thys was his δ.] Þus endede þe king · for he was so kene He dude to gret foliȝe · þer hit was wel isene [He] And βγ. dude] dide βγ; ded δ. foliȝe] a foly δ. þer . . . isene] as it was þer sene δ.] For he nolde folc mid him · habbe bilefde þo [For] That δ. nolde] wolde no βγ; nolde mo δ. habbe bilefde] haue bilefte βγ; haue had þyder δ.] 85 Ac more nom to him sulf · þan he miȝte do [ll. 85,86 transposed in δ.] [Ac] Fore δ. nom] toke βγ; he toke δ. to] on δ.] Þer was muche reuþe · for dul of þe kinge [dul] doil βγ.] & eke gret ioiȝe · for þe dures endinge [dures] dragoñ ys δ.]
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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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