The romance of Sir Beues of Hamtoun. Ed. from six manuscripts and the old printed copy, with introduction, notes, and glossary, by Eugen Kölbing ...

                                
                                  Schel hit neuer aslawe be
                                
                                  For noman in cristente!' [Turnbull line 2690] 
                                
                                  To god he made his praiere
                                
                                  And to Marie, his moder dere;
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                                  Þat herde þe dragoun, þer a stod,
                                
                                  And fleȝ awei, ase he wer wod.
                                
                                  Beues ran after, wiþ outen faile, [Turnbull line 2695] 
                                
                                  And þe dragoun he gan asaile;
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                                  Wiþ is swerd, þat he out braide,
                                
                                  On þe dragoun wel hard a laide,
                                
                                  And so harde a hew him þan,
                                
                                  A karf ato his heued pan, [Turnbull line 2700] 
                                
                                  And hondred dentes a smot þat stonde,
                                
                                  Er he miȝte keuren a wonde,
                                  Line 2878 
                                
                                  A hitte him so on þe cholle
                                
                                  And karf ato þe þrote bolle.
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                                  Þe dragoun lai on is side, [Turnbull line 2705] 
                                
                                  On him a ȝenede swiþe wide.
                                
                                  Beues þanne wiþ strokes smerte
                                
                                  Smot þe dragoun to þe herte,
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                                  An hondred dentes a smot in on,
                                
                                  Er þe heued wolde fro þe bodi gon,
                                
                                  And þe gode kniȝt Beuoun [Turnbull line 2711] 
                                
                                  Þe tonge karf of þe dragoun;
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                                  Vpon þe tronsoun of is spere
                                
                                  Þe tonge a stikede for to bere.
                                
                                  A wente þo wiþ outen ensoine [Turnbull line 2715] 
                                
                                  To-ward þe toun of Coloine.
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                                  Þanne herde he belles ringe,
                                
                                  Prestes, clerkes loude singe;
                                
                                  A man þer he haþ imet,
                                
                                  And swiþe faire he haþ him gret, [Turnbull line 2720] 
                                
                                  & asked þat ilche man þo, [þat] at (!) A.] 
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                                  Whi þai ronge & songe so.
                                
                                  'Sire,' a seide, 'wiþ outen faile,
                                
                                  Beues is ded in bataile;
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                                  Þar fore, for soþe I saie þe: [Turnbull line 2725] 
                                
                                  Hit is Beues dirige!'
                                
                                  'Nai,' queþ Beues, 'be sein Martin!'
                                
                                  And wente to bischop Florentin.
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                                  Þo þe bischop hadde of him a siȝt, [A folio 191b:1] 
                                
                                  A þankede Iesu ful of miȝt [Turnbull line 2730] 
                                
                                  And brouȝte Beues in to þe toun
                                
                                  Wiþ a faire prosesioun;

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Here begynnyth a good tale of Bevys of Hamtoun, a good werriour.

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Publication: London,: Pub. for the Early English Text Society by K. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co.,; 1885, 1886, 1894.

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