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.

Temese was þo ifrore · hard & þicke ynou [Temese] Themys ε. þo] þan β; om. ε. ifrore] frore β (originally froze).] & was swiþe whit aboue · of þe snywede snou [was . . . aboue] ryȝt white was ynouȝ β; white I nowe hit was ε. of] as β. þe snywede] þe snowe β; þe snowed ε; wyȝte δ.] Snou whyte cloþes · þe lefdi dude hure on [Snou whyte cloþes] Fayre white cloþes as snowe ε. cloþes] cloþes þan β. lefdi] ladi β. hure on] hure vpon β; on þo δ.] & forþ ouer temese · quyt gan awey gon [quyt] al qwyte β; al quyte ε; quic δ. gan awey gon] sche dide awey gon β; gan þanne go δ; awey dude gon ε.] 250 Hure fon were loþ to loke · on snou þat was so whit [were] was δ. loke] loke out ε. snou] þe snowe ε.] Þat glymsede on hare eyȝen · þer fore heo ȝeode quyt [on] in βε. hare] þan δ. eyȝen] yȝe siȝt ε. heo ȝeode] sche ȝede βε; hu ede δ.] After þe bleo of snou · hure wede ywrout was [bleo] ble βε; blue δ. ywrout] wrouȝt β; I brouȝt ε.] Þat gilede eke hare eyȝen · þat heo yseyȝe nas [Þat] Whiche ε. gilede] bigilede β; blered ε. eke] also β; om. ε. heo yseyȝe] sche sene β; hu yseyȝe δ; sche Ise ε.] Ne þoute heo nout al one · þe faire lefdi go [omitted in δ.] [Ne . . . go] The lady þouȝt noȝt awey aloon for to go ε. Ne] No β. al one] al alone β. faire lefdi go] ladi awei for to go (gone γ) βγ.] 255 Fram oxeneforde sone · hure folk com after þo [omitted in δ.] [Fram] Fro ε. sone] ryȝt soone β. þo] thone γ.] To walingforde þanne · heo ȝeode mid god pas [To . . . þanne] Than to Walyngford ε. heo ȝeode] sche ȝede βε; hu ede δ. god] ryȝt good β.] & dude hure in þe castel · & þar inne was [& dude . . . castel] In to þe Castel sche ȝede ε. in] in to β. was] sche was ε.] Oxeneford þo anon · to þe king aȝeld [þo] þan β. aȝeld] hem dide ȝelde β; þei dude hem ȝelde ε.] 259 Þe amperesse me soute · me seide heo was igo afeld [me soute] men souȝt β; he souȝte δ; men souȝt fast ε. me seide] & to hem men seid ε. igo afeld] go afelde β; go feld δ; I fledde 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 855
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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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