& gonne cleppen and to kisseAnd made meche ioie & blisse. [3943 f.:
And keste hym wol fele syþe;[wol f.] mony SN; many a C;ffull meny M.]Line 1 Þey were neuere er so blyþe.[Þey] ne add. SN. er] arstc C; in hert M; om. SN. so] more M.]To B. wente Terry on a ffromeAnd sayde: 'My fadyr is now icome!'[3 f. Terry anon told Beues there, That comyn was his fader Sabere. M; om. SNC.]For ioye þer was mechyl to done,[muche SNM. Moche yoye there was done C.]Line 5 And wol more ioye þer was soone.[And] ȝet add. SN. wol] om. C. ioye] om. SNCM. was] schal be NM; felle C.]To tounne Saber now is went[tounne] ayen add. M. now is] is M; fforth S. sone N. To—is] Sabyr to hys ynne C.]And wesch off Iosyanys oynement,[wesshed SN. Ios.] Iosian þat SN. oyntment C. Till Iosyan with an oyntmente M.]
E.]Line 3944 Saber Iosian wel faire gan diȝte [Saber—gan] And (om. SNCM) ffayre and weel he haþ (om. SNC) here ESNCM.]And brouȝte hire to þe castel riȝte [br.—castel] to the (þat N) castel he hur brouȝt (brought her M; ful add. N) SNM.] [Turnbull line 3770] And tok hire sire Beues to honde, [And] Þey E; He S. token E; betoke SC; betaught M; bitakith N. sire] tyl S; om. ENCM. to] on ESN; yn C.]Ne cam him neuer leuer sonde. [No M. Ne c.] Ther come to C. neuer] a add. NC. so leffe a M; betere EN.]Line 3948 'Louerd Crist,' queþ Iosian þo, [Lo.] Iesu add. E. queþ] sayde EM.]'Swiþe wel is me be-go, [Ryȝt swyþe weel me is begoo E.]Þat ichaue me lord ifonde: [Turnbull line 3775] Hadde ich me children hol & sonde!' [Hadde ich] Were E. Here in this ylke stound. M.
Now may I glad and blith be,That I may my lord see.
add. M.]Þat hii were ded, wel ȝhe wende. [hii] þey E.]Line 3953 Beues after hem let sende; [Beues—let] Þe chyldryn weren afftyr E.][3949—54 om. SNC.][3953 f.:
The childer he dyd after send,That they were dede, well Iosyan wend.
M.]Þan com þe fischer & þe forster [Þan] Þoo E; So S. com] om. C. þe] þat SN. Þan—fischer] The ffyssher come M. þe] þat SN.]And brouȝte þe children of fair cher. [And] They M. And—child.] Þe children were SN. of] om. M. fair] good S. cher] and clere M. f. ch.] colour cleer E. Broght home þe chyldur dere C.
When they were in the hall same,There was myrthe, joye and game.He gave the ffoster his warisounAnd the ffyssher a full good town;He made hem both with hym to dwell,While theire lyvis abide wyll.
add. M.]Þanne weddede Terry [Þanne] Þoo soone afftyr E; Also anon M; And þo SN. wed.] syr add. C.] [Turnbull line 3781] Of þat londe þe riche leuedy; [þe] þat ESNCM. þe] þat EM.
Þere was mochyl ioye and blysse,And eche off hem oþer began to kysse.
add. E.
Þere was (a grete add. C) fest (al to wysse (ywys C),On euery side ioye and blysse.
add. SNC.
There was game and joye, iwis,On euery behalfe there was blis.
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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 13, 2025.
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