The romance of Sir Beues of Hamtoun. Ed. from six manuscripts and the old printed copy, with introduction, notes, and glossary, by Eugen Kölbing ...

                                
                                  That who euer therof do drynke,
                                
                                  It wyl make theyr iyen to wynke.
                                
                                  This grasse shal make them slepe by myght
                                
                                  Al a day and al a nyght:
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                                  Had Grassy dronke this grasse in wyne,
                                
                                  Than myght we go wyth counsel myn!'
                                
                                  Whan Bonyface had done that thynge,
                                
                                  Up they rose, wythout lesynge,
                                
                                  On the morowe, wythouten mys, [O folio 37a] 
                                
                                  Iosian, Bonyface and Beuys,
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                                  They purueyed them as they wolde,
                                
                                  Bothe of syluer and of golde;
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                                  They hyed them forthe on theyr way.
                                
                                  Syr Grassy a-woke on the other day;
                                
                                  Whan he wyst, the quene was gone
                                
                                  Wyth the palmer, he made great mone.
                                
                                  He made his men them to dyght, [myde O.] 
                                
                                  And gadred great power for to fyght.
                                
                                  Than he rode forthe al by-dene
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                                  After the palmer and the quene;
                                
                                  Al Mambraunt after them droughe,
                                
                                  Wepened and armed wel ynoughe;

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Here begynnyth a good tale of Bevys of Hamtoun, a good werriour.

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Title: The romance of Sir Beues of Hamtoun. Ed. from six manuscripts and the old printed copy, with introduction, notes, and glossary, by Eugen Kölbing ...
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Publication: London,: Pub. for the Early English Text Society by K. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co.,; 1885, 1886, 1894.

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