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

                                
                                  As sarzins shold make theire sacryfice
                                
                                  To theire mawmettes in theire gise; [in] so O; and M. th. g.] this wyse O.] 
                                
                                  And Beues come nere, ffor to see, [And] om. O. nere] them add. O.] 
                                  Line 1161 
                                
                                  And he said: 'What devill do ye? [And] om. O. devill] of hel add. O.] 
                                
                                  Why make ye Mahound this present
                                
                                  And so disspice god omnipotent? [so] om. O.] 
                                  Line 1164 
                                
                                  I shall wytt, so haue I roo, [so—roo] or that I go O.] 
                                
                                  What Mahound can say or doo!' [do O; goo M.] 
                                
                                  Beues lepe to Mahoun [lept vnto O.] 
                                  Line 1167 
                                
                                  And pullid hym right to the ground [And toke hym ryght by the crowne O.] 
                                
                                  And caste hym in myddus the myre, [And] He O. myd.] of add. O.] 
                                
                                  And he bad hem take her syre. [he—her] bad them take vp theyr O.] 
                                
                                  The Sarzins, that be Beues stode,
                                
                                  For Ire and tene waxid wood, [ire—wax.] very angre were nere O] 
                                  Line 1172 
                                
                                  And they swore all, he shold abye [And] om. O. swore] saide O.] 
                                
                                  For disspysinge of theire mawmentrye. [dissp. of] he despysed O.] 
                                
                                  There was no more than to say, [than to say] vnto hym saide O.] 
                                
                                  But all at onys to Beues they lay; [to B.] on hym O. layde O.] 
                                  Line 1176 
                                
                                  Beves sye, that theire swordus they drowe, [Beuys than his swerde drewe O] 
                                
                                  And all that wold abide, he slowe.
                                
                                  The crye arose in the Cite, [Than rose a crye O.] 
                                
                                  Sarsins gaderid gret plente [The Sar. O.] 
                                  Line 1180 
                                
                                  And presud faste to sir Bevoun, [They presed about Beuys tho O.]  [M folio 140a] 
                                
                                  For he had disspised Mahown. [Mah.] so add. O.] 
                                
                                  Beues sye that and toke a stoure,
                                  Line 1183 
                                
                                  And at eche stroke he ffellid ffoure; [And] om. O.] 
                                
                                  Withe the Sarzins he faught so faste,
                                
                                  That two hunderid to ground he caste; [to] the add. O.] 
                                
                                  With in a litull while men myght mete [lit.] om. O.] 
                                
                                  Sarzins fleynge in yche a strete, [yche a] the O.] 
                                  Line 1188 
                                
                                  To haue socoure of theire kynge,
                                
                                  And there they told hym this tydinge [1189 f.:Vnto the palays they ran fleinge,For to haue socour of the kynge. O.]

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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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