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 al, that Beuys about hyr founde,
                                
                                  He slewe and felled to the grounde.
                                
                                  There was neyther knyght nor swayne,
                                
                                  That passed away that tyme vnslayne,
                                
                                  And al made the fals erle Myle
                                
                                  By his treason and his gyle.
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                                  Beuys toke wyth hym than [O folio 49*b] 
                                
                                  Bothe Ascaparde and Iosian
                                
                                  And went forth anone ryght,
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                                  Tyl they cam to the ile of Wyght.
                                
                                  Syr Sabere welcomed wyth gode hert
                                
                                  Both Beuys, Iosyan and Ascaparde.
                                
                                  Than Beuys and Sabere sende theyr sonde [O folio 50a] 
                                
                                  Wyde about in euery londe.
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                                  After great chyualry
                                
                                  Of stalworth knyghtes and hardy,
                                
                                  That they myght fynde then
                                
                                  Of euery londe the doughtyest men.
                                
                                  They spared neyther syluer nor golde,
                                
                                  For the best men haue they wolde.
                                
                                  Beuys was curtes and fre
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                                  To euery man in his degre;
                                
                                  There cam erles and barons, I-wys,
                                
                                  For to socour syr Beuys;
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                                  There came knyghtes, squyers & pages,
                                
                                  Echone had of hym gode wages

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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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