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

                                
                                  'Yes, syr,' sayde Ascaparde tho,
                                
                                  'We shal hym shryue, or we go!'
                                
                                  Ascaparde, wyth his staue
                                
                                  Many one his deth he gaue
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                                  Wyth great strength and moche payne,
                                
                                  He cam to syr Murdour of Almayne,
                                
                                  And euen on his horse as he sat there,
                                
                                  Under his arme he gan hym bere.
                                
                                  Than began Murdoures men to hye,
                                
                                  To rescue hym, that he shulde nat dye.
                                
                                  The kynge of Skotlande with his rout
                                
                                  Beset Ascaparde rounde about;
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                                  Than syr Beuys and syr Sabere
                                
                                  Cam to helpe hym wyth theyre power
                                
                                  And slewe al that wolde stande, [O folio 53b] 
                                
                                  The noumber of thre thousande,
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                                  And, maugre if they had sworne,
                                
                                  Murdour was to the castel borne.
                                
                                  The kynge of Skotlande sore dyd mourne,
                                  Line 3159 
                                
                                  Whan Murdour was to the castel borne
                                
                                  And many of his men were cast to grounde,
                                
                                  He tourned his backe in that stounde.
                                
                                  Than they wolde no lenger abyde,
                                
                                  But slewe them downe on euery syde.
                                
                                  Syr Beuys and syr Sabere
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                                  Enchased them wyth theyre power,
                                
                                  And so fast folowed he,
                                
                                  That many were dryuen into the se,
                                
                                  And al that euer stode them agayne,
                                
                                  Wythout mercy they were slayne;
                                
                                  Some lacked theyr shankes fro the kne,
                                
                                  Some theyr hedes quartered in thre,
                                
                                  Some into the se dyd skyp;
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                                  The kynge of Skotlonde toke a shyp
                                
                                  And fled away forthe by the west,
                                
                                  There as it hym pleased best.

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

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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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