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

                                
                                  With his sword he stode at deffence
                                
                                  Ageyn them all in presence. [Agaynst O. in] theyr add. O.] 
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                                  Sir Beues ffought so wonder-faste, [so w. f.] al to wonder O.] 
                                
                                  Tyll his sworde in sonder braste; [brast in sonder O.] 
                                
                                  'Alas,' said Beues, 'and welawaye,
                                
                                  For now I lake my good Morglaye [For—my] Nowe want I O.] 
                                
                                  And Arondell, my good stede:
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                                  Alas, helpe now at this nede!' [1289 f. om. O.] 
                                
                                  But not ffor thyȝe sir Bevoun, [not f. th.] neuerthelesse O. Beuys O.] 
                                
                                  With his ffistus he ffellid hem down; [Brought to grounde wyth his fystes O.] 
                                
                                  Sixte Sarzins to ground he caste,
                                
                                  Sethyn his sword in sonder braste, [Sethyn] After that O. in s.] dyd O.] 
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                                  And euer they folowyd moo and moo [And] But O. fol.] gadred O.] 
                                
                                  And toke Beues with moche woo;
                                
                                  They bound his handus to geder faste, [his—geder] togeder his handes so O.] 
                                
                                  At yche ffynger the blood oute braste; [At—the] That al his fyngers on O.] 
                                
                                  They led hym sithen in to the hall [sithen] than into O.] 
                                
                                  And set hym in a knyghtes stall; [M folio 142a] 
                                
                                  A knyght hym ffed with mete and drinke [with] of O.] 
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                                  And all that he wold after thinke. [And a. th.] What euer O.] 
                                
                                  The kyng bad hym ete ffaste: [hym] Beuys O.] 
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                                  'For this,' he said, 'shall be thy laste!'
                                
                                  And hunderyd sarzins and moo
                                
                                  Were aboute Beues with swordus thoo, [Stode O.] 
                                
                                  Yf in chaunce his bondis braste, [In chaunce if O. bon.] handys out O.] 
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                                  That he shold make hem all agaste. [That] Lyst O. hem all] them O.] 
                                
                                  Whan Beues had etyn and made hym glad,
                                
                                  In to preson they hym led. [to] the add. O.] 
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                                  Whan he was down in preson ground, [down in] at the O.] 
                                
                                  Beues handis they on-bound, [Beues] Sone his O.] 
                                
                                  For of hym they were bothe seker and traste, [For than were they sure and fast O.] 
                                
                                  That he shold nevure make ham agaste. [nev.] nat O. them O.] 
                                
                                  In to preson whan he come down, [to] the O.] 
                                
                                  There he ffound a shorte trunchown;
                                
                                  In his hand he it vp toke, [vp] om. O.] 
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                                  It savid his liffe, thus saith the boke. [It] And O. thus] so O.] 
                                
                                  A water thorough the preson ranne, [the] that O.] 
                                
                                  That bare the ffilth of that man; [That b.] To voyde O. of th.] from any O.He had nat ben there but a whyle,Nat the mountenaunce of a myle, add. 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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