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.

Ac ȝut þis amperesse · & þe vrl of angeo [Ac] But β. ȝut] ȝit β. þis] þe ε. vrl] erle β. of] om. γ.] Þat hure hadde yweded · hi þoute wourche wo [hure hadde yweded] had I weddid hur ε. yweded] wedded β. hi] hui δ; þei β. þoute] þouȝt to β. wourche] worche β.] Vor þe kinedom of engelond · to ham was ek y|swore [kinedom] kynge βε. to ham was ek] to hem was also β; was also to hem ε. yswore] sworn β.] 95 & stephene de bleys eke · þat hadde his oþ forlore [& stephene de bleys eke] Whiche was Steuen þe Bloys ε. de] þe β. eke] also β. forlore] forlorn β.] Ac ham þoute þat hi ne myte · ȝut winne hare londe [Ac] But β. þat] om. δ. hi ne myte] hui ne myȝt nouȝt δ; þei myȝt β. hare] here β; hure δ.] Vor king stephenes pouer · þat he hadde on honde [on] in ε.] Þoru king henryes store · þat raþer ded was [Þoru] Was þoruȝ helpe of ε. henryes] harryes ε. raþer ded] deed byfore ε.] Was mucheldel his pouer · þer fore hi seide alas [mucheldel] moche β; muchedel δ; moche of ε. þer fore] wherfor ε. hi] hui δ; þei β. alas] alas alas ε.] 100 Þo come hi to loueday · ȝif cristes wille were [Þo] Thanne β. loueday] a loueday ε. ȝif] If β; & ȝif ε.] Þat hi mite ben at on · in worre þat hi nere [Þat] I pray þat ε. mite] myȝt β. ben] be βε. worre] wraþe βε nere] ne were ε.] Þo com þis gode erl · þat was of angeo [Þo com] Than come β. þis gode erl] þe Erle forþe β. of] lord of ε.] & þis amperesse his spouse · & gan to speke þo [þis] his β; þe ε. spouse] wyff ε. gan] he byganne ε.] & playnede þat his spouse · was disherited so [& playnede] Playnyng him ε. spouse] wyff ε. was] vntrewly was ε. disherited] disherted β.] 105 Þoru þe king & þe barons · þat helde hure hadde ido [& þe] & his βε. helde] wronge β; moche wronge to ε. ido] do βε.]
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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 845
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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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