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.

                                
                                  Riȝt enleue hundred · & nyneti eke ywis [Riȝt] In þe ε. enleue] Elleuenþe β; endeue δ; eleuen ε. hundred] hundred ȝeer ε. nyneti] nynne & nynty ε. eke] also β; om. δ.] 
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                                  & niþe ȝer of grace · ido was al þis [&] Of þe ε. niþe] nyne β; niȝe δ; om. ε. ido] I doun β.] 
                                
                                  & in þe enlefte ȝere · of his crouning also [enlefte] endlefte δ; elleuenþe β.] 
                                
                                  & at font euerard · ibured he was þo [at] at þe β. ibured he was] he buried was β; he was I beryed ε.] 
                                
                                  IOHAN þat was his broþer · anon after bi cas Þat eiteteþe day of ester · seint Marcus day þat was [Þat eiteteþe] The eiȝte β. seint Marcus] seynt Markes β; seyn marchus δ.] 
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                                  Igurd he was mid swerde · of normandiȝe ywis [Igurd he was]] Gurde he was β; Was ygurd δ; I gyrde he was ε. normandiȝe] Normande β.] 
                                
                                  In þe chirche of reome · mid gret ioiȝe & blis [reome] Rome β; þume δ; Rowan ε.] 
                                
                                  & water þe erchebisschop · of þe sulue stude [water] Walter ε. þe sulue stude] þe same stede β; þat self stedde ε.] 
                                
                                  In þan vlke dayȝe · þe offys he dude [þan vlke] þat ilke β. þe offys he] himsulf þat offis δ; þe seruice he ε.] 
                                
                                  To king of engelonde · icrouned eke he was [To] He crowned him ε. icrouned eke he was] crownyd also was he β; in þat place þere ε.] 
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                                  Þe holi þorsdai þer after · as hit fel bicas [Þe] Apon þe β; In þe ε. þer after] om. βε; after δ. bicas] to be β; I lere ε.] 
                                
                                  Wel longe on his time · bi þe pope innocent [Wel] Ryȝt β; fol δ. on] in βε.] 
                                
                                  Mid stronge entredite · þis lond was ischent [ischent] schent β.] 
                                
                                  Vor þe erchebisschop stephne · of langintone ywis [langintone] langwytoun βε.] 
                                
                                  Þat þe king nolde fonge · ido was al þis [Þat] For whom ε. nolde] wolde noȝt β; wold noȝt ε. ido] donn β.] 
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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 875
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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