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 þe king mid penance · seþþe was idiȝt [seþþe] siþen β; siþþe ε. idiȝt] dyȝt β.] & ȝaf hare godes aȝen · as hit was wel riȝt [&] He ε. ȝaf hare godes aȝen] ȝaue hem here goodes aȝen β; ȝaf aȝen hare godes δ; ȝaue hem her goodes aȝen ε. wel] good β.] Þane castel of nyweburi · þat vlke ȝere wel faste [Þane] The βε. nyweburi] Newbery β; Nyweburu δ. þat vlke ȝere] þilke same ȝeer β; þat same ȝeer ε. wel] ryȝt β.] king stephne bisegede · & ek nom at þe laste [bisegede] byseged hit ε. ek nom] toke it also β; nome hit also ε.] 310 & þane castel seþþe · of walingforde bilay [þane] þat β; þe δε. seþþe of walingforde] of Walyngford siþþe he ε. seþþe] siþen β.] & bi þe see side · wuste nyȝt and day [see side] se aside δ; water syde ε. wuste] furst δ; wardede wel & kept boþe β; he kept it wel boþ ε.] Þat me ne myte noþer · out come ne in fare [ne] om. ε. noþer] noȝt ε. out come] owt go βε. ne] neiþer ε; om. δ. in] Inne β.] Ne feche mete ne drinke · muche was hare kare [Ne] Neiþer ε. ne] no β; nor γ; & δ. was] was þan βε.] Henri duc hi sende word · in to normandiȝe [Henri duc] To Duke Henry β; To duke Harry ε. hi sende] þei sent βε; hui sende δ.] 315 Þat was nywe duc ymad · of þere seignorie [nywe duc] duke newe ε. ymad] made β. þere] here β; her ε.] Þat he ham scholde helpe · & fram harm schelde [Þat] Þa α. ham scholde] send hem ε. fram harm schelde] fro harme hem shilde ε.] Oþer ȝeue ham leue · þane castel vp to ȝelde [þane] þe βε.] Þe duc of normandiȝe · her of nom hede [nom hede] toke hede β; nom þo hede δ; nome hede ε. After this ε adds, And wiþ out any long tarying in þat stedde ·] & þoute þat he wolde · ȝelde stephnes mede [&] He ε. stephenes] Steuen his β. After this ε adds, For his gret tresoñ & trechery wt his luþer falseheed.] 320
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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 859
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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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