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

                                
                                  He fonde syr Murdour at his soupere
                                
                                  Wyth gode semblant and great chere.
                                
                                  The knyght vpon his kne hym set,
                                
                                  And curtesly syr Murdour he gret,
                                
                                  He sayde: 'Syr Murdour, I the brynge
                                
                                  Suche a certayne tydynge,
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                                   [O folio 48a] That the knyght hyght nat Iarrarde,
                                
                                  That made wyth the that forwarde,
                                
                                  But he hyght Beuys of Hampton,
                                
                                  He is thy ladyes owne sonne:
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                                  I harde hym so to Sabere speke,
                                
                                  His faders deth he wyl awreke
                                
                                  And wyn agayne hys heritage
                                
                                  Of them, that haue done hym outrage!'
                                
                                  Whan syr Murdour herde that worde,
                                
                                  He cast his knyfe ouer the borde,
                                
                                  To haue hit the messangere,
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                                  But he fayled, as ye may here,
                                
                                  And smote his owne son in the brest,
                                
                                  That he spake neuer wyth clerke nor preste.

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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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