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.

                                
                                  Þis was in þe ȝere · a seinte stephenes day [ȝere] ȝeer þat tyme βε. a] apoun βε.] 
                                
                                  Þe ȝut henri king vnbured · in normandiȝe lay [Þe] And β; That ε. ȝut] ȝit βε. henri] harry ε. king] þe kynge β; oure kyng ε. vnbured] vnburied β; vnberyed ε. in normandiȝe] at Northumber β; in Norþhumber ε.] 
                                
                                  At reyns as he was ibrout · & gan foule smille [reyns] Reyvns ε. as] whyder ε. ibrout] brouȝt βδ. gan foule] þer foule he byganne ε. smille] smulle δ; to smelle βε.] 
                                
                                  O man for mede him openede · & gan þo to culle [O] And a ε. gan þo to culle] bigan for to do ille β (originally to kille); he gan him for to kylle ε.] 
                                
                                  His heued mid o pol hax · þat al hit to schroþ [heued] heed β. mid o pol hax] with a polax β. þat . . . schroþ] a noon in two peces shore ε. al hit] hit al β.] 
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                                  & so nom out þat brayn · for þe smul þat was loþ [nom] toke β; he nome ε. þat] þe βδε. smul] smelle β. loþ] so looþ ε.] 
                                
                                  So þat brayn & Ineward · & his eyȝene also [brayn & Ineward] þe brayne & þe inwarde ε.] 
                                
                                  Were iburede ifere þere · mid fol gret wo [iburede] ibured δ; buried β; I beryed ε. ifere þere] þer to gidre β; þer to geder ε. fol] ful β.] 
                                
                                  Vor he þat al wroute · sone ded he lay [Vor . . . wroute] For al þat he had wrouȝt I sey ε.] 
                                
                                  Wel dure he aboute · his mede þat day [Wel dure] Riȝt dere β; And dere þere ε. aboute] bought γ. mede] mysdedes ε.] 
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                                  Ȝute his hefd was ywonde · mid cloþ faste ynou [Ȝute] And ȝit ε. hefd] heued δ; heed β. ywonde] wounde β; I bounde ε. mid] with β. cloþ] a cloþe β.] 
                                
                                  Þis man was þe laste · þat henri king slou [henri] Harry ε. king] þe kynge βε.] 
                                
                                  Þe kinges bodi seþþe · me bar forþ þe wey [Þe kinges . . . wey] Siþen men his body bare forþe in her wey ε. seþþe] sithen β. me bar] men bare βδ.] 
                                
                                  To cham in to chirche · þer his fader lay [cham] Cam β; ham δ; Caan ε. in to] in to þe βδε. þer] where ε.]

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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 840
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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