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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.

& teide hit to þis sparewen · & flowen an eue [teide] tyed βε. hit] hem β; om. ε. þis] þise β; þys δ; þe γε. sparewen] sparowen δ; sparowes βε. flowen] þe flowen δ; let hem fle ε. an eue] an euen β; an ene δ; aȝeyne ε.] In rekes and hous wiþoute · as hi were ywoned bileue [In] Into βε; Into the γ. rekes and] euesys of ε. hous] houses βε; into houses δ. as] þer β; þere ε. ywoned] woned ε; wont β. bileue] bileuen β; by lene δ; a nene ε.] 10 Þis fur was wiþinne euere · vort hit com at þan ende [fur] fure β; fyer ε. was] wex δ. vort] vn to β; for to δε. com] come βε. þan] þe β; þe last ε.] Wiþoute to þe hurden · þo gan hit to liȝe tende [hurden] heerdes β; hyrden ε. þo gan] þan ganne β; þo byganne ε. hit to liȝe] hit þe leghȝe β; hit the light γ; hit a leyȝe δ; þe lyȝt to ε.] & sette afure rek & hous · & barnde al þane toun [sette] setted ε. afure] afyre β; afyer ε. rek] reke β; boþ reke ε. hous] house βε. barnde] brenned β; barned δ; brent ε. þane] þat βε.] Þus was þe noble cyrencestre · furst ibrout adoun [Þus . . . adoun] This was a quayte (quaynte γ) biþouȝt while to brynge a toune done (doune γ) βγ; omitted in ε.] Sparewechestre hit was icleped · longe for þis cas [Sparewechestre] Sparowchestre β; Sparowchester ε. icleped] cleped δ; callyd β.] 15 Þat mid suche sparewene · þus ywonne heo was [mid] with βε. sparewene] sparowes βε; sparowen δ. ywonne] wonne β. heo] hit βε; om. δ.] Þe brutons as hi nede moste · wende out to hare fon [as] þo ε. hi] þei β; om. ε. nede] nedes ε. moste] most β; must γ; muste ε. wende out] went oute β. hare fon] here fone β.] & Gormund king & his folc · aȝen ham com anon [&] om. δ. Gormund] Gormonde β; kyng Gormounde ε. king] kynge β; þe kynge δ. com anon] come anone β; come a noon ε.]
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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 820
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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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