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

                                
                                  And they shold come to his heste,
                                
                                  For to honoure all his feste.
                                
                                  Of his ffeste I wyll not tell,
                                
                                  For than I shold to longe dwell,
                                  Line 1412 
                                
                                  But to the fest they yede. [fest] written in blacker ink above the line. M.] 
                                
                                  Tho he wold lepe on his stede,
                                
                                  Men brought cartus and somers,
                                
                                  Knyghtes hors and squiers,
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                                  And Iosyan was brought in a chare;
                                
                                  They toke theire leve ffor to fare.
                                
                                  The kyng Ermyne toke Arondell
                                
                                  And made hym be sadullid swyth well,
                                
                                   [With add. M.] Arondell, so god me saue,
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                                  That was wont Beues to haue.
                                
                                  Arondell made gret pryde: [M folio 144a] 
                                
                                  He wend, Beues shold on hym ryde.
                                
                                  He yode to the chamber, there Beues lay,
                                  Line 1425 
                                
                                  And he toke his sword, þat hight Morglaye,
                                
                                  And the hors to [to above the line.]  kyng Yuore led [to] written above the line. M.] 
                                  Line 1427 
                                
                                  With that sworde and to hym said:
                                
                                  'Son,' he said, 'haue here this sworde,
                                
                                  The beste, that eny man may with girde,

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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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