Quarellis, alblasters, and caste stonys,There was a sight ffor the nonys, [3707 f.:
Quarels were shot on euery syde,Spere (!) men togeder dyd ryde,
O.]Line 3708 Of dartys and quarellis grett plente, [Of—quar.] Arowes were shot so O.]There myght none hoste well other see. [There—other] That one oste myght nat another O.
Wyth swerdes bryght, that wel gan byte,Eche man dyd other smyte.
add. O.]But whan they were comyn in same, [were comyn] hanled bothe O.]There was ernyste and litull game; [lit.] no O.]With swordys and fauchouns, that wold byte,Line 3713 Eche man on other faste gan smyte, [3713 f. om. O.]And Beues with Morglay sterid hym soo, [sterid] quyt O. soo] fo (!) O.]That all, he hitt, he cleve in two. [That all] What euer O. cleve] smote O.]The Sarȝins can Beues deffyeAnd thyk aboute hym they hye, [thyk] cam O. hye they (!) M; redely O.]Line 3718 And on ych side than he louȝe, [And—he] Therwyth he was wel apayd & O.] [M folio 179a] And faste the Sarȝins there he slouȝe; [And—he] On euery syde he them downe O.]So meny slowe he in that ffeld in sight, [he slewe O. ffeld in s.] fyght O.]That to his steroppes they lay vp right. [styrop O.]He yode fforth, whan he lyste, [yode] rode O. he] st add. M, struck out. he l.] they hym left O.]Line 3723 And slowe meny bothe este and weste. [And there he slewe as many eft O.]Sabere is come, thouȝe they were wood, [is c.] his eame O. they] he O. wood] olde O.]He thare stonyed the Sarsons blood, [He shewed, that he was yonge and bold O.]He slouȝe be-fore hym by X and XII, [by] om. O.]Till he come to the kynge hym selfe,And in magree of Mahoun [in] om. O.]Line 3729 He hath bete kynge Yuore down. [He—Yu.] There bare he the kynge O.]Than the Sarȝins flew on hepe, [Than] om. O. flew] folowed O. on] an add. O.]To kynge Yuore sone they lepe [sone] gon O.]And with ffors horsud hym ageyn, [And] om. O. ffors] they add. O.]And all at onys on Sabere they leyn. [And] Than O. Sab.] hym O.]Beues sye Sabere in doute, [Whan B. O. Sab.] was add. O.]Line 3735 He presud fforthe amonge the route [fforthe] in O.]And socourid Sabere in that stoure, [soc. Sab.] hym rescued O. houre O.]Hym selfe yode to kynge Yuore [Hym s. y.] Than rode he O.]Line 3738 And led hym fforth all with fforsAnd be-takyth Sabere his cors [betoke O.]And led hym in to a toure; [And l.] He bad lede O. a] the O.]He presented Armyn with Yuore. [And present O. with] kynge add. O.]Sabere lad hym all quyk,Line 3743 The Sarȝins folowid hym than thik, [than] ful O.]But suche strokys gaue ham sir Bevoun, [delt syr Beuys O.]That kyng Yuore was lad to town [was—town] led thyder is O.]
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"The romance of Sir Beues of Hamtoun. Ed. from six manuscripts and the old printed copy, with introduction, notes, and glossary, by Eugen Kölbing ..." In the digital collection Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/anz2316.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 12, 2025.
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