And Brademond wiþ al is ost [And] Kyng CO; By (With N) þat com SN; om. M. al] om. SN. bost (!) A.]
Com after wiþ meche bost; [Com] rydyng add. CO; Com a.] And after him rood SN; After folooyd M. meche] greete SNCO.]
Line 1788
So longe hii han Beues driue, [þey hadden SN. longe—B.] faste they haue hym M.]
Þat hii come to þe cliue, [Þat hii] That he M; Tyl he SN. þe] an hye M; see add. SN.]
Þar þe wilde se was. [wilde] grete SN. wildese] place so depe M.]
Herkneþ now a wonder-cas! [Herk. n.] Now hereth of B. SN; Now is this M.]
Line 1792
In to þe se a moste, iwis, [That he in M. a] om. M.]
Oþer fiȝte aȝenes al heþenes. [Or SNM. ageyn M. aȝ. al h.] with al his enemys SN.]
To Iesu Crist he bad a bone, [bad a b.] made his mone M.]
And he him grauntede wel sone: [wel] swith SN. he—wel] to his dere moder M.]
Line 1796
'Lord,' a sede, 'heuene king, [a s.] thou arte of M.]
Schepere of erþe & alle þing, [Schep.] Maker SN. Sch. of] Thou, that madiste M. erþe & a.] alle skynnes S; alle NM.] [1798 put before 1797 M.]
Þow madest fisch ase wel alse man, [wel] so SNM; om. (!) A.]
Þat noþing of senne ne can, [nouȝt SN. ne] done SN. Þat—ne] Now, lord, that I ne swymme M.]
Line 1800
Ne nouȝt of fisches kenne
Neuer ȝet ne dede senne, [ne] om. SN.]
Of þis heþene hounde, [Of] But SN. howndes S.]
Þat beste þe and bounde [beste] beten SN. þe] me S. bounde] ȝaue me woundes S.]
Line 1804
And bete þe body to þe deþe, [A folio 186a:2] [bete] diden SN. þe body] þe lord SN. þe] om. N.]
Þar fore ich may alse eþe [Þar f.] And now SN.] [1801—1806:
Till this day I dyd nevure swymme,For I am not of ffysshis kynne:Oute of this hethyn houndus ffereGraunte me, to passe this water chlere,And, as thou diediste vppon a tree,Geve me grace, ffro them to fle.M.] To water fle in þis stede, [Tow. f.] Thou helpe me here M. in] on SN.] To fisch, þat neuer senne dede, [To] As this M. fisshes SN.] [1808 put before 1807 M.] Line 1808 Þan her daien in londe [As SN. That I dye not here on londys M.] In al þis Sarasines honde!' [al] om. SM. þis] om. N. Sar. h.] hethyn dogges hondis M.] [1789—1810:
And so faste folowed he,That Befyse þey (was O) dreuyn euyn (om. O) to þe see.Then seyde Befyce: '(Now am y schent (I shal be slayne O),(For here ys none amendement;Odur behoueth me to take þe seeOr fyght ageyne þem; y may not flee (om. O).(And yf (Yf that O) y fyȝt so many agayn,(For hungur & febulnes y schall be slayn;ȝyt ys me lever to watur flee,(Yet had I leuer to water fle, iwys,And lat god worke what his wol is, O).Then to be slayne among þem all:Helpe (me add. O), lorde, (for now (on the O) y calle!'CO.]
Beues smot is hors, þat it lep [B.] He SN. it] he SN. it lep] he can shete (skyp O) CO.]
In to þe se, þat was wel dep. [was] so SN; om. (!) A. wel] so SN. þat-dep] full XL fete C; fourty fote he lept O.] [1811 f.:
He smote the hors with hert good,And forthe he rode in to the flood,M.] Line 1812
