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.

                                
                                  Vor þat he was eft king · hi þoute him done of lyue [of] owte of δ.] 
                                
                                  Hij wenden ouer see aboute · & gaderede ost wel blyue [Hij . . . blyue] And gadered hem muche folke & with him bigan to stryue βγ. Hij wenden] And wenten δ. see aboute] þe see anone δ.] 
                                
                                  & in þisse londe eke her · þat gret ost hi hadde [in þisse londe eke] eke of þys londe δ.] 
                                
                                  To fiȝte mid hare broþer · none schame hi nadde [none] no βγδ. nadde] ne hadde δ.] 
                                
                                  Gret bataile hi smite · þo hij to gadere come [Gret] A stronge δ. smite] smote βγ; smytten δ.] 
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                                  So þat at þe laste point · Elidour hij nome [point] om. βγ. Elidour] kynge Elidour δ.] 
                                
                                  To londone hij him ladde · & in þe tour him leide [To] And to δ. hij] om. δ. him] om. δ.] 
                                
                                  Þerfore al þis lond folc · muche schame ham seide [þis] þe δ. muche . . . seide] hem muche schame seyde δ.] 
                                
                                  Þis breþeren hulde þis lond · & delde hit ham bitwene [delde] delid βγ. hit] om. δ.] 
                                
                                  Iugenes hadde fram humber · suþward þis lond al clene [Iugenes] Ingens βγδ. al] om. δ.]  [Iugenes.] 
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                                  & Peridur hadde bi humber · al þat lond bi norþ [&] om. δ. bi] om. δ.] 
                                
                                  & seþþe sone þer after · al he hadde vorþ [þer after] aftir βγδ. al] al þe londe βγ.] 
                                
                                  Vor Iugenes ne lifde · bote seue ȝer on his lond [Iugenes] Ingenes βγδ. lifde] lyued βγδ. seue] seuen βγδ.] 
                                
                                  Þo peridour hadde þis kinedom · al in his owene hond [Þo peridour] Peredoure þo δ. þis kinedom] al þis kyngdom βγ; þe kyngdam δ. owene] owen βγ; om. δ.]  [peridour.] 
                                
                                  He bicom wel luyþer · þe while he liuede on lond [He] And δ. wel luyþer] ful luþer βγ; wel luþere δ. on] in δ.] 
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                                  So þat com þe ferlich deþ · & slou him mid schonde [com . . . deþ] þer come a ferliche deþe βγ; vereliche dethe come δ.] 
                                
                                  Þo wende al þis lond folc · to londone for Elidour [þis] þese δ. for] to δ.]  [Elidour.] 
                                
                                  & out hine fette anon · þar he lay on þe tour [hine] him βγδ. þar] þere as δ. on] in βγδ.]

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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 810
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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