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

                                
                                  Than, whan syr Beuys went them fro,
                                
                                  Into the caue cam lyons two,
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                                  Grennynge and rampynge wyth theyr fete,
                                
                                  And bothe on Bonyface gan they lepe;
                                
                                  His hors vnto hym he droughe
                                
                                  And armed hym wel ynoughe;
                                
                                  He gaue them batayle for to fyght,
                                
                                  But al to lytel was his myght,
                                
                                  For anone they hym slewe
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                                  And hym and his hors al to-gnewe.
                                
                                  Whan they had eten of that man
                                
                                  They went bothe vnto Iosian
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                                   [O folio 38a] And layde theyr hedes in hyr barme,
                                
                                  But they wolde do hyr no harme,
                                
                                  For it is the lyons kynde, I-wys,
                                
                                  A kynges doughter, that mayden is,
                                
                                  Hurt nor harme none to do;
                                
                                  Therfore lay these lyons so.
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                                  Whan Beuys cam from huntynge,
                                
                                  In the caue, at the begynnynge, [begynnyge (!) O.] 
                                
                                  As he went in-warde for the nonys,
                                
                                  He sawe a man gnawen al to the bones;

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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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