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 sayde: 'What shal I cal hym, syr knyght?'
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                                  Beuys sayde: 'Guy, as my fader hyght;
                                
                                  And whan he is of seuen yere,
                                
                                  In eche londe do thou enquere
                                
                                  After syr Beuys of Hamptowne:
                                
                                  My name is so, by my crowne,
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                                  And brynge the chylde than to me,
                                
                                  And wel rewarded shalt thou be!'
                                
                                  'Gladly, syr,' sayde he, 'I-wys!'
                                
                                  He went his way & Beuys his.
                                
                                   [O folio 58b] Forthe they rode, so sayth the boke;
                                
                                  Another man they ouertoke;
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                                  They asked, what maner a man was he;
                                
                                  He sayde: 'A fyssher of the se!'
                                
                                  Than Beuys wyth glad semblaunt
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                                  Made wyth hym the same couenaunt,
                                
                                  That he shulde in the same maner
                                
                                  His other son kepe seuen yere.
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                                  The fyssher graunted as Beuys sayde;
                                
                                  He toke the chylde and helde hym apayde.
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                                  After hym selfe in that whyle
                                
                                  He crystened the chylde Myle.
                                
                                  Forth rode Beuys bi dale and downe,
                                
                                  Tyl he cam to a castel towne;

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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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