Adoun of his tour a wentAnd after al is kniȝtes a sent [al] om. S. al is] om. C. kn.] fele add. C.]And tolde hem, how Brademond him asailed hadde, [tolde hem how] so SN; om. (!) A. asailid hym N; seid him S.]Line 931 And askede hem alle, what hii radde. [hii] þey SN.][931 f.:
And tolde þem, with owt fayle,How Bradmonde wolde hym assayle.
C.]A word þanne spak þat maiden briȝt: [þanne] om. SNC. maid NC.]'Be Mahoun, sire! wer Beues a kniȝt, [Mah.] Iesu (!) SN. Be—wer] Syr, do make C. a] om. SNC.]A wolde defende þe wel inouȝ: [wyll C. def. þe] ȝow (the N) socoure SN. the helpe C.]Me self i seȝ, whar he slouȝ [Mc self] For C.]Line 936 Ȝour owene stiward, him beset, [owene] om. SN. stiw.] þat had add. S; him] had add. N.]Al one in þe wode wiþ him a met, [
With XXIIII knyȝtes he him metIn þe wood, as it is seene,And with ffosters ten bydene (om. N).
SN.]At wode he hadde his swerd beleued, [At wode] ȝit S; And yet N. leuyd S.]Þar he smot of þe bores heued;Line 940 He nadde noþing, him self to were, [And had SN; with him add. S. him self] with him N; om. S.]Boute a tronsoun of is spere, [is] a N.]And ȝour stiward gret peple hadde, [And] om. SN. hadde] lad SN.]Four and twenti kniȝtes a ladde, [ladde] hadde SN.]Line 944 Al y-armed to þe teþ, [Al] Wel SN. yarmed] in add. SN. teþ] deþ (!) A.]And eueri hadde swore is deþ, [euerychone S; eche N. hadden S. swore] B. add. N.]And ten forsters of þe forest [And] The S.]Wiþ him a brouȝte ase prest, [Wiþ—ase] Alle with him ȝeden ful SN.]Line 948 Þat þouȝte him haue slawe þore [Þat] And SN. him] to SN. slawe] him add. SN.]And take þe heued of þe bore, [And] he add. SN. tok SN.]And ȝeue þe stiward þe renoun. [ȝeue] smot S. þe] of S; gret N.]Þo Beues seȝ þat foule tresoun, [Beues] he SN.]Line 952 A leide on wiþ þe bor is heued,Til þat hii were adoun i-weued, [þat—iw.] þey were al dedde SN.]And of þe stiward a wan þat day [of—wan] he wan of þe steward SN.]His gode swerd Morgelay.
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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 12, 2025.
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