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

                                
                                  'Be Mahound,' said the kyng, 'I were gay,
                                
                                  And this child wold turne to my lay; [And—my] Wolde the chylde forsake his O.] 
                                
                                  For be Mahound, that is so hye, [is so] sytteth on O.] 
                                
                                  I saw nevure child with eye, [Yet sawe I O.] 
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                                  That had so moche of ffayrehede, [That bare so moche fayrnesse O.] 
                                
                                  Nother of lengith ne of brede. [of] in O. ne of br.] nor in brodenesse O.] 
                                
                                  Child,' he said, 'thy name tell me! [tell] thou add. O.] 
                                
                                  Where was thou borne and in what contre?' [was thou] thou were O.] 
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                                  'Sir,' he said, 'Beues is my name!
                                
                                  Where I was borne, me thinkyth no shame: [There O. me th.] thynke 1 O.] 
                                
                                  In Englond bare my moder me,
                                
                                  At Southampton vppon the see; [my moder bare O.] 
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                                  My fader was there erle a while, [therof was O.] 
                                
                                  My moder let slee hym with a gyle [with] by O.] 
                                
                                  And hath me sold to paynemus lond: [payn. l.] paynemys O.] 
                                
                                  Wekyd is woman ffor to ffond! [A wyckeder moder may none be iwys O.] 
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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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