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

                                
                                  Sir Beues with his own brond [br.] hand O.] 
                                
                                  Had wonne with in the holy lond, [Had—with] Wan hym O.] 
                                  Line 4162 
                                
                                  A nobull sword he gan hym take, [And a O. he g. h.] gan he O.] 
                                
                                  That was Launcelottes the Lake; [That] sometyme add. O. de] so O; the M.] 
                                
                                  In the hilte was a charbokyll-stone,
                                
                                  A better sword was never none,
                                
                                  That no man knew to this day,
                                  Line 4167 
                                
                                  Saue Beues good sword Morglaye, [4165—68 om. O.] 
                                
                                  And Myles had Colbrandys brond, [Colbr. br.] Curtayne in his honde O.] 
                                
                                  That som tyme had Rouland; [had] longed to O.] 
                                
                                  His hors white, they callid hym Swalowe, [white—hym] was swyft as any O.] 
                                
                                  There myght no hors hym ffolowe. [M folio 185b]  [myght no h.] was no hors that myght O.] 
                                
                                  Shippus toke they at that tyde [at] in O.] 
                                
                                  And ouer Temmus gan they ride
                                
                                  And brought with hem to the Cite [And] They O. them O.] 
                                
                                  Ten thousand of knyghtis ffree,
                                
                                  They come ynne at the water side
                                  Line 4177 
                                
                                  With grett Ioy and moche pride. [grett] moche O. moche] great O.] 
                                
                                  At Ludgate gan they than arere, [gan th. th.] they gan O.] 
                                
                                  They slew all that they found there. [They] And O.]

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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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