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.

Þus argal was out ydriue · to mani lond he gan wende [Þus] Thys δ. argal was] was Argal βγ. out ydriue] oute dryue βγ; owte ydreve δ. to] and to δ. lond] a londe δ. he] om. δ.] Wel he þoute winne his lond · & his broþer schende Maniȝe kinges he bisoute · þat hi him helpe scholde [hi him helpe] him helpe þey δ.] Ac for his luþernesse · noman him helpe nolde 110 Þo was argal anuyt · and þoute what he miȝte [anuyt] anoyed βγδ.] & þat he him wolde auentri · & hiderward him diȝte [& þat . . . auentri] That he wolde him aventre he þouȝt δ.] & elidur mid loue fondi · & ȝif hit miȝte beo [fondi] foundy βγ; seche δ.] Þat he miȝte on his lond folc · eni milce yseo [lond folc] londe βγ. eni milce] eny mercye δ; any folke mylce βγ. yseo] se β; ese se γ.] He com to þis londe · op at þe hafne mouþe [to] vnto δ. at þe hafne] at þe hauen βγ; at hauene δ.] 115 Nas þer man alyue · þat him yknowe couþe [Nas] Was βγδ. man] no man βγδ. alyue] on lyue βγ; a lyfe δ. yknowe] knowe βγδ.] In þe wode of kalatre · þane king he mette [wode] wodde βγ. kalatre] kaltere δ. þane king] þe kynge þan βγ; þe kynge δ.] Anon he fel on his kneo · & fair he him grette [fel] fel doun βγ. he] om. δ.] Louerd king quaþ argal · hail beo ȝe & sounde [quaþ] quod βγδ.] Merci non ihc bidde þe · of þe sorewe ich am on|bounde [ihc] I βγδ. bidde] praie βγ. of . . . onbounde] ffor him þat suffred wounde δ. sorewe] sorowe βγ. ich am onbounde] þat I am Inne bounde βγ.] 120 Hayl broþer quaþ Elidur · welcome art þou me [Hayl] Haile βγδ. quaþ] quod βγδ. me] to me βγδ.] Ich ne dar þat þe folc yhure · þat ich yknowe þe [þe] om. δ. yhure] yhere δ; here βγ. yknowe] knowe βγδ.]
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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 806
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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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