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.

                                
                                  Þe king to þe pope · dude homage after þis [to þe pope dude homage] dude homage to þe pope ε.] 
                                
                                  To ȝelde bi þe ȝere · o þousend pound ywis [þe] om. β. o] oo β; a ε.] 
                                
                                  Aboute seuentene ȝer · of his kinedom [Aboute] In þe ε.] 
                                
                                  Fram lyue to deþe · Ion oure king com [Fram] ffro ε.] 
                                
                                  & in þe heiȝe chirche · of wirecestre ywis [in] om. ε. þe heiȝe] þe βε; þo heye δ. wirecestre] Worcestre β; Wyrcestre δ; Worcetter ε.] 
                                  Line 575 
                                
                                  He was ibured faire · þar his bodi ȝut is [ibured faire] faire buried β; feyre I beryed ε. þar] þer β; þat δ; where ε. ȝut] ȝit β.] 
                                
                                  Of grace twelf hundred · & sixtene þer to [Of] Of þe ȝeer of ε. twelf] twelue β.] 
                                
                                  Ȝereswereipassed · ar þis were ido [Ȝeres] The ȝeres ε. ipassed] apassed βε. ar] or βε. were] was δε. ido] do β.] 
                                
                                  HENRI his sone com after · & þis lond þo nom [Henri . . . after] Þo com his sone henry δ. Henri] Harry ε. þo] þan β; om. δ.] 
                                
                                  & vifti ȝer & sixe · huld þis kinedom [huld] helde β; he helde ε.] 
                                  Line 580 
                                
                                  & eke twenti dawes · & ded was ywis [eke] also β. dawes] daies βε. & ded] þan deed he ε.] 
                                
                                  & ibured at westmunstre · þer his bodi ȝut is [& ibured] He was I beryed ε. þer] where ε.] 
                                
                                  Þer were on his time · two batailes on londe [on] in βε. on] in β; in þis ε.] 
                                
                                  At lewes & at euesham · as ich vnderstonde [At] Of δ. at] om. δ. ich] I βε.] 
                                
                                  Þat were ihurd ilome · & ne buþ for ȝute nout [ihurd ilome] harde longe β; I herde of wyde ε. & ne] & ȝit ne β; wherfor þei ε. buþ] ben β; beþ δε; be γ. for ȝute nout] for ȝete nouȝt β; noȝt forȝete ε.] 
                                  Line 585 
                                
                                  Þer fore on þis boke · ne buþ hi nout ywrout [on] in βε. ne buþ hi] ne ben þei β; ne be they γ; þe beþ ε. ywrout] wrouȝt β; I wrytte ε.]

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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 876
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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