Whan he was in bedde ibrouȝt,On Iesu Crist was al is þouȝt.Line 2684 Him þouȝte, a king, þat was wod, [A folio 190a:2] Hadde wonded him þer a stod; [Turnbull line 2510] He hadde wonded him biter & sore,A wende, a miȝte leue namore,Line 2688 And ȝet him þouȝte, a virgineHim brouȝte out of al is pine.Whan he of is slepe abraid, [Turnbull line 2515] Of is sweuene he was afraid.Line 2692 Þanne a herde a reuli cri,And be-souȝte Iesu merci:'For þe venim is on me þrowe,Her I legge al to-blowe,Line 2696 And roteþ me flesch fro þe bon, [Turnbull line 2521] Bote ne tit me neuer non!' [non] mo (!) A.]And in is cri a seide: 'Allas,Þat euer ȝet I maked was!'Line 2700 Anon whan hit was dai liȝt, [Turnbull line 2525] Beues awakede & askede riȝt,What al þat cri miȝte ben.His men him answerde aȝen [2683—2704:
And (in his first (as he was all in M) slepyngHe herde a rewful (doolful SM) gronyng,Þe (That M) gronyng seide in (þe citee (hys crye CM):['Iesu Crist, (mercy and pitee (lorde, mercy C)![Thou haue, Iesu, on me mercy M]!''I roote,' he seide, '(boon fro (bone by M; fro the C) boon:Iesu Crist, what shal I doon?'(Syr add. C) B. þerof hadde grete (om. S) sorow,[(And add. N) his men he clepid at (a N) morow[And (tolde hyt men (toke his men M) on the morowe CM];And (He M) asked (them add. C; hem add. M), (what was (of C) þat (the M; ylke add. S) cry,And men (they CM) (him told (told hym M) hastely (sone yn hye C; on hye M; the pareye (?) N)
SNCM.]Line 2704 And seide, þat he was a kniȝt, [And] They M. þat—a] it was a SNCM; douȝty add. SNC.]In bataile he was holden wiȝt; [Turnbull line 2530] [Þat in SNCM. he w. h.] had ben SNCM; wel add. SN. right N.]Alse a wente him to plaieAboute her in þis contrai, [2707 f. om. SNCM.]Line 2708 In þis contre aviroun [And (om. C) as he com (went M) þrouȝ þe toun SN; om. C.]A mette wiþ a vile dragoun, [Turnbull line 2534] [And he C. fowle SNCM.]And venim he haþ on him þrowe: [And] And had SN; That had M. he haþ] om. SNM.]Þar a liþ al to-blowe! [Þar a l.] Þat (And N; om. M) þe knyȝt lay SNM. to lowe M.][2711 f.:
And had caste on hym venome,And the knyght all to-sloon.
C.
And roted boon fro boon,And his dede (was him oon (him hadde vppon N).
add. SN.
Rote he schall flesche and boon;Hys lyfe save no man can.'
add. C.
He lieth and rotith bone ffor bone,And thus he makyth his mone:
add. M.]Line 2712 'Lord Crist,' queþ Beues þo, [Lord] Iesu SNC. Crist] mercy CM. seide SNC. than C.]'Mai eni man þe dragoun slo?' [eni] no SNM; þer no C. þe] that CM. þe d.] him SN.]His men answerde, wiþ outen lesing:'Þar nis neiþer emperur ne king,
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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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