In at þe mouþ gan þreste þo [þe] om. N. gan þr.] he (hit N) þrast SN.]
And karf his hertte euene ato: [805—824:
That oon of vs myȝt odur sloo,Or þat we parte yn two.Be þat come þe bore agayneAnd Befyse to hym with myȝt & mayne.The bore ranne with all hys myȝt,Ageyne Befyse for to fyght.Befyse hys swyrde owt hentAnd hys tuschys he all torent,That þe bore felle to grounde,He was so smetyn yn þat stounde,And with hys swyrde þe bore he stongeThorow þe lyuyr & þe longe.C.] Line 824 Þe swerd a breide aȝen fot hot [Þat SN. a br. aȝ.] aȝeyn he tok S; anone N. Þe—fot] And with hys swyrde as C.] And þe bor is heued of smot, [And] om. C. þe] þat SN. of] he add. SC.] And on a tronsoun of is spere [And] om. SC. on] vpon C. tronchon C; tronchen S; tronchyn N. is] a C.] Þat heued a stikede for to bere. [The S. a st. for] he put (picchid N) home SN. He set the hed of the bore C.] Line 828 Þanne a sette horn to mouþe [Þanne] And after SN. sette] his add. S.] And blew þe pris ase wel kouþe, [þe] om. SN. ase] he add. SN.] So glad he was for is honting. [for] of SN. is] that N; om. S.] Þat heued a þouȝte Iosian bring: [Ios.] to add. SN.] Line 832 & er he com to þat maide fre, [&] But SN. þat] þe N.] Him com strokes so gret plente, [To him N. strokes so] enemys SN.] Þat fain he was to weren is hed [Þat—was] He was (ful fayn (wel fawe N) SN.] And saue him self fro þe ded. [fro þe] foro (!) S.] Line 836
Astiward was wiþ king Ermin, [wiþ] the add. N.]
Þat hadde tiȝt to sle þat swin; [tiȝt] þouȝt S; ithought N.]
To Beues a bar gret envie, [bar] had SN.] [A folio 180b:2]
For þat he hadde þe meistrie; [þat] om. SN.]
Line 840
He dede arme his kniȝtes stoute, [He dede] And lete SN. his kn.] knyȝtes wel SN.]
Foure and twenti in a route, [in] on SN.]
And ten forsters also he tok [also] with him SN.]
And wente to wode, seiþ þe bok. [to] þe add. S. wode] so add. SN.]
Line 844
Þar of ne wiste Beues nouȝt: [ne] om. SN. B.] ryȝt add. SN.]
Helpe him god, þat alle þing wrouȝt! [Him hilp (halp N) SN. þing] haþ S.]
