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.

Þat he nolde at holde · bissopriche on his honde [nolde] ne wolde β; wolde noȝt ε. at holde] withholde β; wiþholde no ε. on] in β.] Þey eny bisschop were ded · of al þisse londe [Þey] Thouȝ β. of] here in βε. al] alle δ. þisse] þis β.] 50 & clerkes wode ne lewede · þat he nolde at holde [wode] goodes β; good γ; wodes ε. ne lewede] ne lewed δ; noþer lewede β; neiþer lewde mennys ε. þat he nolde] he wolde noȝt ε. at holde] withholde βε.] Vor hunting ne for hewing · ne þey he out solde [ne] noþer β. ne þey] no ȝit þouȝ β; ne ȝit þouȝ ε. he out] þei β; þei hit ε.] & þat he nolde fonge · as oþere hadde ido [he] om. δ. nolde fonge] wolde nouȝt take β; wold noȝt fonge ε. oþere] oþer ofte β; oþer by fore him ε. hadde ido] hadde do β; had do ε.] Tweiȝe schillinges of eche hyde · he swor neuere mo [Tweiȝe] But tweye ε. neuere] no þing ε.] Þis biheste & oþere · he bihet god & man [biheste] heste ε. oþere] oþer mo β; oþer more ε. bihet] bihiȝt β; byhested ε. god] to god βδε. man] mon δ.] 55 Afterward of alle · ne held he neuer on [alle] alle þise β. ne held he] he helde βε. on] an β.] Þe furst ȝer of his crouning · at oxeneford he was In þe ending of Midewinter · him com word bicas [Midewinter] Cristemasse ε. him com] him cam β; to him come ε. word] tiþing δ.] Þat þe king of scotlond · al mid grete gilinge [mid] with β (& passim).] Seide he wolde come in pes · & gistny mid þe kinge [gistny] gesten β; soiourne ε.] 60 Þe nywe castel & cardoil · mid þat gile he hadde ynome [&] of β. gile] gille δ; sleiȝþe β. ynome] nome β.] Þe king seide he scholde sone · mid strengþe aȝen come [scholde] ssolde δ; schulde β.] & wende sone þeoderward · mid swiþe grete route [wente sone þeoderward] wente þiderward soone β; sone he went þider|ward ε. swiþe grete] ryȝt gret β.] King dauid of scotlond · sumdel was in doute [King dauid] Dauid kyng ε. in doute] agast & in doute 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 842
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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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