'Sire,' a seide, 'I schel for soþe ['Sir, for sothe,' said he, M.]In to þe castel bringe him to þe!' [3425 f. om. ESNC.][In—castel] Theder I wyll M.] [Turnbull line 3250] Ascopard leide on wel inouȝ, [wel] faste M; wode C; om. SN.]Boþe man & hors he slouȝ; [Boþe] om. SNC. hors and man SNCM; bothe add. C; euer add. SM; ther add. N.]Line 3428 Þar nas non armur in þat londe,Þat miȝte þe geauntes strok astonde.Þe king of Scotlonde, wiþ is bat [Turnbull line 3255] A ȝaf him swiche a sori flatLine 3432 Vpon þe helm in þat stounde, [A folio 194b:1] Þat man and hors fel ded to grounde.Þanne anon, wiþ oute soiur,Line 3435 A wente to þat emperur, [3429—3436 om. SNCM.] [Turnbull line 3260] And hasteliche wiþ miȝt and main [And—and] To the emperour he went (come M) with CM.]A hente þe hors be þe rain; [And C. hente] caght C. hors] stede C. A—hors] His stede he toke M.][3437 f.:
To þe emperoure he him spede,He (And N) hent (his steede (the hors N) by þe hede
SN.]Wolde he, nolde he, faire & wel [And wold SN. nolde he] nolde N; or not C. faire &] also SNM; as C. wel] snelle M; swelle C.]He bar hors and man to þe castel. [bar] brought M. hors a. m.] þem bothe C; hym M; in add. SNCM.][3427—40:
Ascopard þoo fforþ hym dyȝtAnd boþe he slowȝ hors and knyȝt,And soone he took þat emperourAnd brouȝte hym swyþe to þe tour.
E.]Line 3440 Of al þat oþer, siker apliȝte, [Turnbull line 3265] Þat were ensemled in þat fiȝte,Of Scotlonde and of Al-maine,Line 3443 Beues and Saber wiþ miȝt and maineWiþ deþ is dentes gonne doun driue,Þat þar ne scapede non aliue. [Turnbull line 3270] And þus sire Beues wan þe prisAnd vengede him of is enemis,
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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 19, 2025.
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