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

                                
                                  For ought, that they myght done, [do myght O.] 
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                                  Whan they sye that, they fled sone, [that sawe O. sone] ryght O.] 
                                
                                  They wold there no lenger byde; [M folio 179b]  [no lenger there abyde O.] 
                                
                                  Beues and his men can after ride, [after gan O.] 
                                
                                  He made after hem so hard chase, [He chased them so harde, certayne, O.] 
                                
                                  That ten thousand slayn he hase. [he had slayne O.] 
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                                  Many a knyght in the ffeld
                                
                                  Myght men se dede vnder sheld, [Myght men se] Lay there O. vnder] theyr add. O.] 
                                
                                  And meny Sarȝins in that day [Sarȝ. in] a saraȝyne O.] 
                                
                                  With deth woundis went away; [deth] dedely O. fled O.] 
                                
                                  Stedis meny men myght see [Many stedes O.] 
                                
                                  With oute maisters awey fflee, [oute m.] dede men O. aw.] fast add. O.] 
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                                  And meny Sarȝins myȝt men haue herd [And—men] Men myght the saraȝyns O.] 
                                
                                  Curs Mahoun, ffor they so fferd. [Cursud (!) M. Curs Mahounde, they were so aferde O.] 
                                
                                  Whan sir Beues had made that chase, [sir] that O.] 
                                
                                  He comyth ageyn with grett solace, [cam O.] 
                                
                                  And as smertely sir Bevown [Than syr Beuys ryght anon O.] 
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                                  Bad caste kyng Yuore in presown. [Bad] Made O.] 
                                
                                  Kyng Yuore praid Beues thoo, [paid (!) M.] 
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                                  That he myȝt make raunsom and goo,
                                
                                  And for his raunsom geve he wold [geve] haue O. sholde O.] 
                                
                                  Twenty somers of red gold [redy (!) O.] 
                                
                                  And an hunderid beddus of sylke, [And an] Wyth thre O.] 
                                
                                  Also white as eny mylke, [Also] And an hundred stedes as O. eny] om. O.] 
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                                  And an hunderid copus of gold ffyne [An O.] 
                                
                                  And also meny of mascelyne: [And also] Wyth as O.] 
                                
                                  'All this wold I to raunsom geve, [wold—rauns.] tresour I wyl the O.] 
                                
                                  With that thou wilte let me lyve!' [With] If O.] 
                                
                                  Said Beues: 'Lett it heder bryng: [Said B.: 'L.] Beuys sayde: 'Do O.] 
                                
                                  I shall lett the goo, sir kyng; [I—goo] And I shal saue thy lyfe O.] 
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                                  So moche drede I not the,
                                
                                  But me were lever thy tresoure than the!' [me were] that I had O.]

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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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