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

                                
                                  Þat lane was so narw y-wrouȝt,
                                
                                  Þat he miȝte defende him nouȝt,
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                                  He ne Arondel, is stede,
                                
                                  Ne miȝte him terne for non nedė.
                                
                                  To Iesu he made his praiere [Turnbull line 4235] 
                                
                                  And to Marie, is moder dere,
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                                  Þat he moste pase wiþ is lif,
                                
                                  To sen is children & is wif.
                                
                                  Out of þe lane a wolde ten,
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                                  Þe chynes held him faste aȝen. [Turnbull line 4240] 
                                
                                  Wiþ is swerd he smot þe chayne,
                                
                                  Þat hit fel a peces twayne,
                                
                                  And forþ a wente in to Chepe;
                                
                                  Þe folk him folwede al to hepe,
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                                  And al þai setten vp a cry: [Turnbull line 4245] 
                                
                                  'Aȝilt þe, Beues, hastely,
                                
                                  Aȝilt þe, Beues, sone anon,
                                
                                  And elles þow schelt þe lif for-gon!'
                                
                                  Beues seide: 'Ich ȝelde me
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                                  To god, þat sit in trinite! [Turnbull line 4250] 
                                
                                  To non oþer man i nel me ȝelde,
                                
                                  While þat ich mai me wepne welde!'

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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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