Also haue here this stede,The beste, that any man hath at nede!I tell the, be goddus son,Line 1433 Both were Beues of Hampton;He ne wold yeve hem oute of his hondFor all the gold in payneme lond!''In trouth,' than sayd kynge Iuore,'Nother I ffor all the tresoure,That I myght in this toure loke!'Said kynge Ermyn: 'Well thow it broke!'Line 1440 So there they can her hors be-stride,And to Mombraunt can they ride,To Mombraunte, the cite riche,In hethynnes is none it liche;Line 1444 Hit and Damas hath the price,There that Beues in preson lies. [1379—1446:
Euer she sayde: 'Syr Beuys,Kynde knyght of South-Hampton is,Haddest thou me neuer forsake,But some treason it dyd make:I shal neuer so vntrue be,Line 5 As thou art, Beuys, vnto me;I shal go make me a wrytteThoroughe a clerke wyse of wyt,That there shal no man haue grace,Whyle that letter is in place,Line 10 Agaynst my wyl to lye me byNor do me shame nor velany!'She dyd the letter sone be wroughtOn the maner, as she had thought,About hyr necke she hanged it,Line 15 She wolde nat begyle Beuys yet.Whan it was to the tyme sped,That kynge Iour shuld be wed,He sent after, withouten mo,The Sowdan of Babylon thoLine 20 And after the Sowdan of Percy:What nedethe, theyr names to discryc?He prayed them, wyth hym to be,Whan he shuld wed that lady fre.Whan the feste shulde begynne,Line 25 Euery knyght went to his ynne;Whan the feste was al done,Kynge Ioure wolde home goWith Iosian, that lady bright,That was true both day and nyght.Line 30 Iosian was brought to chareWith great thought & moche care.Kynge Ermyne toke ArundelAnd saddled hym fayre and wel;He toke wyth hym gode Morglay,Line 35 And to kynge Iour gan he say:'Haue here, I gyue the this stede,Stalworth and gode at euery nede,Haue here Morglay of stele browne:Line 39 They longed both to Beuys of Hampton!'Kynge Iour hym thanked thenAnd rode forth before his men.
O.]Tho they were com ny Mombraunte, [Whan O. com ny] nere O.]He swore be sir Termagaunte, [He] The kynge O. sir] om. O.]Line 1448 That he wold to town ride [to t.] into the cyte O.]On Arondell be-fore the bryde. [the] his O.]The hors he nome be his sideAnd anon he can hym be-stride;Line 1452 So sone in the sadull he satt,Arondell this vnder-yate,That Beues sat not on his ryge: [M folio 144b] The kynge sore it shold abyge.Line 1456 Arondell sore was in grame,The brydull with the teth he name [1451—1458:
On Arundel he was vp brought,But Arundel was wel bethought,That it was nat syr Beuys,That was vpon his backe, iwys.
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"The romance of Sir Beues of Hamtoun. Ed. from six manuscripts and the old printed copy, with introduction, notes, and glossary, by Eugen Kölbing ..." In the digital collection Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/anz2316.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 20, 2025.
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