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.

Þe foure & twenti tydes · in day & in þe nyȝt [tydes] houres β. day] þe day βε.] Ase ȝe scholle here · he dyȝte folwel & riȝt [Ase] As βε. scholle] schulle β; schul ε. dyȝte] ordeyned β; dyȝt ε. folwel] ful wel βε.] Mid þreo grete kandlen · al of one mesure [grete kandlen] gret candeles β; candels gret γ; gret candels ε.] 5 To berne eite tides · eche candle scholde dure [berne] brenne βε. eite] eiȝt ε. tides] houres β. candle scholde] candel schuld ε.] Þat on his owene chaple · barnde efne fol riȝt [on] in β; one ε. owene] owen β; owne ε. barnde] brent β; brende ε. efne] euen βε. fol] ful βε.] Nammore ne no lasse · bote day & al nyȝt [Nammore] No more βε. lasse] lesse ε. bote] but β; but boþ ε. al] om. ε.] Þe while þat on ilaste · his bedes in alle wise [on ilaste] one last β; one lasteþ ε. alle] al βε.] He bad & wrot & radde · & huld godes seruise [bad] preyed β; seid ε. wrot] wort α; wrote β; wrouȝt ε. radde] redde γ. huld] helde βε.] 10 Þe time of þat oþer · to wisdom he nom [Þe] In the β. þat oþer] þat oþere β; þe secunde ε. wisdom] wisdome βε. nom] nome βε.] & oþere poruiance · of his owe kynedom [oþere] for ε. poruiance] purueyaunce β; purueaunce ε. owe] owen β; owne ε. kynedom] kyngdome βε.] Þe time of þe þridde · he spende after þis [þe þridde] β; þridde α; þe þirdde ε. spende] spent βε.] In mete & in drinke · & to reste him ywis [in drinke] drinke γ. reste] rest ε.] He hadde o man on his chapele · þat her of him seruede [o] a βε. on his chapele] in his Chapel βε. her] here βε. seruede] serued ε.] 15 Þat þeos tidene couþe wel dele · þat we furst anempnede [þeos] þise βε. tidene] houres β; tydes ε. couþe wel dele] wel couthe dele γ. couþe] cowde ε. anempnede] nemmyd ε.] & half to pouere abbeiȝes · he ȝaf after þis [pouere] pore β. abbeiȝes] Abbeys β. ȝaf] ȝaue βε.] His ritȝe biwonne purchas · of londes ywis [His] Of his ε. riȝte] ryȝt βε. purchas] purchasse 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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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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