And ȝaf him wondes mani on [wondes] dentys E. on] & sore E.]Þourȝ þe flesch in to þe bon,Line 628 Depe wondes and sore, [wondes] harde add. SN.][628 f. om. E.][627—629 om. C.]Þat he miȝte sofre namore; [Þat] Tyl EC. he] ne add. N. For he felyd woundys sore add. C.]Þo his bodi be-gan to smerte, [Þo] When C. gan N. his—to] Beffs (he C) ffelte hys woundys EC.]He gan plokken vp is hertte, [gan] to add. S. He—vp] Sore hym greuyd at E; He wrathed sore yn C.]Line 632 Ase tid to a Sarasin a wond [Ase tid] Anoon SN; he add. S. a] so N; om. (!) A. þe saryzyns S. a] om. S.]And breide a swerd out of is honde, [is] oon is S.][633 f.
To a sarezyn he gan to gonAnd hente a swerd off hym anon,
E;
And to a sarsyn he wentAnd a swyrde fro hym he hent,
C.]And fifti Sarasins, in þat stonde [And f.] Sixti SN. þat] a SN.]Þar wiþ a ȝaf hem dedli wonde, [hem dedli] (mony a (om. N) depe SN.][636 put before 635 in SN.]Line 636 And sum he strok of þe swire,Þat þe heued fleȝ in to þe riuere, [637 f.:
So he smote on her sweres,Þat her hedes fel on þe myres
SN.]And sum he clef euene asonder; [clef] After this word a letter is dotted in A.][cleued N. euene] om. SN.]Here hors is fet þai laine vnder; [is] om. SN. laine] fley S; honge N.]Line 640
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"The romance of Sir Beues of Hamtoun. Ed. from six manuscripts and the old printed copy, with introduction, notes, and glossary, by Eugen Kölbing ..." In the digital collection Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/anz2316.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 21, 2025.
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