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

                                
                                  A spere Beues let to him glide
                                
                                  And smot him vnder þe riȝt side;
                                  Line 4382 
                                
                                  Þourȝ is bodi wente þe dent,
                                
                                  Ded a fel on þe pauiment.
                                
                                  A sede anon after þat dint: [Turnbull line 4205] 
                                
                                  'Treitour! now is þe lif itint:
                                  Line 4386 
                                
                                  Þus men schel teche file glotouns,
                                
                                  Þat wile misaie gode barouns!'
                                
                                  Þe folk com wiþ grete route,
                                
                                  Besette Beues al aboute; [Turnbull line 4210] 
                                
                                  Beues and is sex kniȝtes
                                  Line 4391 
                                
                                  De-fendede hem wiþ al her miȝtes,
                                
                                  So þat in a lite stounde
                                
                                  Fiue hondred þai brouȝte te gronde.
                                
                                  Beues prikede forþ to Chepe, [Turnbull line 4215] 
                                
                                  Þe folk him folwede al to hepe;
                                  Line 4396 
                                
                                  Þourȝ Godes lane he wolde han flowe,
                                
                                  Ac sone wiþ in a lite þrowe
                                
                                  He was be-set in boþe side,
                                
                                  Þat fle ne miȝte he nouȝt þat tide. [Turnbull line 4220] 
                                
                                  Þo com þer fot-men mani & fale [A folio 200a:1] 
                                
                                  Wiþ grete clobbes & wiþ smale!
                                
                                  Aboute Beues þai gonne þringe
                                
                                  And hard on him þai gonne dinge.
                                  Line 4404 
                                
                                  Al Beues kniȝtes, in þat stounde [Turnbull line 4225] 
                                
                                  Þar hii were feld to grounde
                                
                                  And al to-hewe flesch & bon:
                                
                                  Þo was Beues wo be-gon,
                                  Line 4408 
                                
                                  For he was on & hii were ded;
                                
                                  For sorwe kouþe he no red; [Turnbull line 4230]

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

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