A morwe, whan hit was dai cler, [A] On E; On þe C. whan] tho N. hit w. d.] þe (om. C) day was EC. dai] da (!) A.]Ariseþ kniȝt and squier; [Vp aros E; Vp roos SNC.]Line 756 Beues let sadlen is ronsi, [B.] He E. let s.] sadelyd C.]Þat bor a þouȝte to honti, [The C. bor] swyn E.]A gerte him wiþ a gode brond [a] hys E; wel add. SN.]And tok a spere in is hond, [in] on S.][759 f.:
He toke a gode swyrde yn hondeAnd a spere, þat was longe,
C.]Line 760 A scheld a heng vpon is side, [A] His SNC. vpon] by SNC.]Toward þe wode he gan ride. [Tow.] And to C. wode] felde SN.
Iocyan yn hur towre layAnd sawe Befyse on hys palfray
; add. C.]Iosian, þat maide, him be-held, [Þe maide (maiden N) Iosyan SN; As sche stode and C.]Al hire loue to him ȝhe feld; [ȝhe] om. C. She louyd him wel in (toun and (om. N) felde SN.]Line 764 To hire self ȝhe seide, þer ȝhe stod: [To—seide] Þan seid (she to (om. N) her self SN; Than sche þoght C. þer ȝ. s.] with (in N) grete mood SN.]'Ne kepte y neuer more gode [Ne kepe y S; I desyre C.]Ne namore of al þis worldes blisse, [Ne] Nor C. nam.] more SNC. al] om. SNC. þis w.] worldely C.]Þanne Beues wiþ loue o time te kisse; [Þanne] But C. o time] onys C. Beues—time] oones his swete mouth S. te] om. N.]In gode time were boren, [were boren] born she were SN; were sche bore þan C.]Line 769 Þat Beues hadde to lemman koren!' [That myȝt hym to hur lemman C; That myȝt (may N) him haue to playfere SN.]
Þo Beues in to þe wode cam, [in] om. C. wode] feld SN; he add. N.]His scheld aboute is nekke a namAnd tide his hors to an hei þorn [tyed SC; rayned (!) N. hei] om. SNC.]Line 773 And blew a blast wiþ is horn; [a] good add. SN. wiþ] in SN. blew—wiþ] full lowde can he blowe C.]Þre motes a blew al arowe, [al] euyn S; on N.]Þat þe bor him scholde knowe. [him sch.] myȝt him S.][775 f.:
A long myle he soght,Or he the bore fynde moght.
C.]Line 776 Þo he com to þe bor is den, [Þo] When C. to] nye C. den] so SNC; dan (!) A.]A seȝ þer bones of dede men, [þer] þe S; om. N. þer b. of] many C. men] so SNC; man A.]
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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 20, 2025.
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