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.

Vor to winne him lond & ȝow · & þou wost now vorsake · [ȝow] eu α; rent βγ; good δ. þou] om. α. wost now] hast now B; woldeste nou α; woldist now β; now woldyst γ; woldest now δ.] [Hearne page 25] 580 Mi doȝter þat ssolde be þi wif · & to a kumeling take · [kumeling] kemelyng B; kymlynge þe δ.] Þou ne ssalt bi him þat made me · ofskapie so liȝte · [made me] me made δ. ofskapie] ascapiȝe me α; ascapie me βγ; ascape now δ.] Þe ȝwile þer is in mi riȝt hond · eni strengþe or miȝte · [eni strengþe or] strengþe oþer (oþere β) eny αβ; strength or ony γ. or] & B.] & þe ȝwile ich mai þer wiþ · min handax vp a drawe · [þe ȝwile] while B; þe while þat αβγ. handax] hond axe B; handex βγ. vp a drawe] vp drawe Bβγδ; op drawe α.] Ȝware wiþ ich abbe geans · & maniman aslawe · [Ȝware wiþ] Mid whan α; With whiche βγ. geans] of Geauntus δ. & maniman] mony on B; manyȝe on α; many one βγ; many on δ. aslawe] yslawe Bαβγδ.] 585 He bigan to ssake is handax · & bigan to adrawe anon · [ssake] schaken αβγ. handax] axe Bγ; ax αβ. & bigan to adrawe] for to smyte Bαβγδ.] & kniȝtes cride & eode · bitwene hom manion · [&] Ac Bα; But βγ; Bot δ. cride] cryden α; crieden βγ. eode] ȝede Bαβγδ. hom manion] swiþe & eke anon αβγ; anone many one δ.] So þat king lotrin · vnder veng wel vain · [king] þo kyng B; þe kynge δ. vnder veng] vnder fong B; vnder feng α; vnder fenge βγ. vain] fayn Bα; fayne βγ.] & spouse is doȝter · þat het gvendolein · [spouse] spousede Bα; spousid β; spoused γδ. het] hette B; hiȝt βγ; heyght δ. gvendolein] gwendelayn α.] & dude al is wille · vor he lokede so rowe · [dude] dud þo δ.] 590 More vor eye þane vor loue · maniman serueþ howe · [vor eye] for heyȝe α; for hawe βγ. manimon] maniȝe mon α.] Ac noȝt vor þan þat oþer maide · he louede more of inou · [Ac] And Bαβγ. noȝt vor þan] þei α; naþeles βγ. more of] more B; of βγ; euere δ.] Astrild hire name was · & more to hire he drou · [he] om. δ.]
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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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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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