Hadde we þe dragoun wonne,We hadde þe feireste pris vnder sonne!' [2745 f.:
[(Boldeliche we schole (B. we wyl SN; We schall b. C) to (tyl S) hym [Boldely to hym we shall M] gooAnd (om. SN) þorwȝ (wyth C) þe (om. SN) (grace off god (we shul add. SN) hym sloo.
ESNCM.
Sere B. (þedyrward began to (forthe can C) rydeAnd Ascopard (by hys syde (can abyde C).
add. EC.]Ascopard swor, be sein Ion, [Turnbull line 2571] A fot ne dorste he forþer gon.Line 2748 Beues answerde and seide þo: [answede (!) A.]'Ascopard, whi seistow so? [2747—2750:
'Nay (Then C; sir add. N) for soþe,' quod (seyde CM) Ascopard,'I wole (turne aȝen (aȝeyn SM; go home N; go C) homward (ayenward N):I nolde (ne wolde NM; wolde not C) ffor al heþenysseHaue (a syȝte off hym (of him a sight SNM), iwysse!'(Þoo seyde ('Ascaparte,' quod M) sere (om. CM) B. (swythe add. C) þan:'I wende, (þat add. C) þou were (had be M. (a douȝty (an hardy EM) man: ESNCM)
]Whi schelt þow afered be [Turnbull line 2575] [Whi sch.] Wilt SNCM; Woldyst E. þow] so add. SNCM. af.] now add. E.]Of þing þat þow miȝt nouȝt sen?' [Of] For S; a add. EC. þat] ar EC. maiste not M; hym E; hyt C; neuer SN.]Line 2752 A swor, alse he moste þen,He nolde him neiþer hire ne sen:'Icham weri, ich mot haue reste;Go now forþ and do þe beste!'Line 2756 Þanne seide Beues þis wordes fre:'Schame hit is, to terne aȝe!'A smot his stede be þe side,Aȝen þe dragoun he gan ride,Line 2760 Þe dragoun seȝ, þat he cam [Turnbull line 2585] Ȝenande aȝenes him anan,Ȝenande & gapande on him so,Ase he wolde him swolwe þo.Line 2764 Whan Beues seȝ þat ilche siȝt,Þe dragoun of so meche miȝt, [Turnbull line 2590] Hadde þerþe opnede anon,For drede a wolde þer in han gon;A spere he let to him glideLine 2769 And smot þe dragoun on þe side;Þe spere sterte aȝen anon, [Turnbull line 2595] So þe hail vpon þe ston,Line 2772 And to-barst on pices fiue. [A folio 190b:2] His swerd he drouȝ alse bliue;
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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 16, 2025.
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