Vpon þe hiȝeste mast is top þere [And on M. is t. þ.] there C; that was there M; weele SN.] [Turnbull line 2865] He let sette vp a stremere [let] om. C. vp] om. M. He (Þey S) sette þere a feire pensell SN.]Of his fader armure, [Of] And N. his] own add. M. arm.] armes M; own armour SN; armys bryght C.]Saber þe raþer to make sure, [þe r.] in hert M. Saber—make] Sir Saber to know and be SN. sures (!) M. That Saber had born yn many a fyght. C.]Line 3044 For mani a time þar be-foren [time] day M.]He hadde hit in to bataile boren. [He—bat.] In to bataile he had it SNC; He in batayll it had M.] [Turnbull line 2870] Þo þe schip to londe drouȝ, [Þo] Whan SNM; So C. drewe M.]Saber hit knew wel inouȝ [(And add. C) Saber þe baner (armys C) wel knewe SNC; Sabere it right well knewe M.]Line 3048 And þouȝte and gan to vnderstonde, [And þ.] om. C; wel add. SN. And—gan] Than gan he well M. to] om. SNCM.]Þat Beues was come inte Ingelonde. [Þat] sir add. SNC. was c.] com N. into] to SC. lond SNC.]'Lord,' a sede, 'hered þow be, [A, lorde C; God M. blessyd CNM.] [Turnbull line 2875] Þat ich mai me kende lord se: [kende] om. M. ich—lord] my lorde y may C.][3051 f.:
And furthermore, when he better gan (g. b. N) see:'A, lord,' he seide, 'welcom (mote add. N) þou bee!
SNC.]Line 3052 Þat he wer ded, ich was of-drad, [Þat he] Lest þou SN. wer] was M; had be C. ich] he C. adrade SNM; dradd C.]Meche sorwe ichaue for him had.' [Sir Saber was þenne swith gladde SN; Than was Sabere right glad M; Saber was neuer ȝar so gladd C.]A wente wiþ is kniȝtes bliue, [A—kniȝtes] With all his knyghtes he went M; And went him forth also SN; And went down as C. blithe M.]Þar þe schipes scholde ariue; [There as C; Tille þe keye þere SN. ship SN. scholde] gan N. ryue SNC. And on the lond met hym ffull blyve M.]Line 3056 Eiþer oþer gan to kisse, [And either SN. gan other SCM; gan go othir N. to] hals and M; om. SC.] [Turnbull line 2881] And made meche ioie & blisse, [And (Þey SNM) wept bothe (om. C) for ioy and blys SNCM.
They went both hond in hond,And caste the vetayll on the lond,With (!) mekyll joy, than Beues made,They ete and dranke and made ham glad.
add. M.]And Beues tolde him in a while, [And] Sir SNC. him] his eme SN; with M; om. C.]He hadde do þemperur a gile. [How (he dide þe emperoure (the e. h. d. N) begyle SN; Of the emperour and hys gyle C; To Sabere of sir Mordoure is gile M.]Line 3060
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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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