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 I shal tel you al the cas,
                                
                                  Howe of the dragon the comynge was.
                                
                                  In Calaber, as men tel,
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                                  Were two dragons great and fel,
                                
                                  These two dragons there dyd fyght
                                
                                  Seuen yere bothe day and nyght,
                                
                                  They destroyed both man and beste
                                
                                  On euery syde, bothe west and este.
                                
                                  There was a man in that londe,
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                                  That was ful of goddys sonde;
                                
                                  He prayed vnto god aboue,
                                
                                  That he wolde for his moders loue
                                
                                  Delyuer out by his holy grace
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                                  These two dragons out of that place.
                                
                                  Than these two dragons downe fel,
                                
                                  They had no power there to dwel.
                                
                                  Than flewe they to Tuskayne,
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                                  Many men there haue they slayne,
                                
                                  From Tuskayne vnto Lumbardye,
                                
                                  There they dyd great velany.
                                
                                  The one dragon, by goddys dome,
                                
                                  Flewe vnto the court of Rome;

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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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