7. OGIER, the DANE, thought to be Holger, the hero of Denmark, but some affirm that “Dane” is a corruption of _Damné_; so called because he was not baptized. 8. OLIVER, son of Regnier, comte de Gennes, the rival of Roland in all feats of arms. 9. OTUEL, a Saracen, nephew to Ferragus or Ferracute. He was converted, and married a daughter of King Charlemagne. 10. RINALDO, son of Duke Aymon, and cousin to Roland. Angelica fell in love with him, but he requited not her affection. 11. ROLAND, called ORLANDO in Italian, comte de Cenouta. He was Charlemagne’s nephew, his mother being Berthe, the king’s sister, and his father Millon. 12. One of the following names, all of which are called paladins, and probably supplied vacancies caused by death:--Basin de Genevois, Geoffrey de Frises, Guerin, duc de Lorraine, Guillaume de l’Estoc, Guy de Bourgogne, Hoël comte de Nantes, Lambert, prince of Bruxelles, Richard, duc de Normandy, Riol du Mans, Samson, duc de Bourgogne, and Thiery. ⁂ There is considerable resemblance between the twelve selected paladins and the twelve selected Table knights. In each case there were three pre-eminent for bravery: Oliver, Roland and Rinaldo (_paladins_); Launcelot, Tristram, and Lamoracke (_Table knights_). In each case was a Saracen: Ferumbras (_the paladin_); Palomides (_the Table knight_). In each was a traitor: Ganelon (_the paladin_); Mordred (_the Table Knight_), like Judas Iscariot in the apostolic twelve. Who bear the bows were knights in Arthur’s reign, Twelve they, and twelve the peers of Charlemain. Dryden, _The Flower and the Leaf_. =Twelve Wise Masters= (_The_), the original corporation of the mastersingers. Hans Sachs, the cobbler of Nürnberg, was the most renowned and the most voluminous of the mastersingers, but he was not one of the original twelve. He lived 1494-1576, and left behind him thirty-four folio vols. of MS., containing 208 plays, 1700 comic tales, and about 450 lyric poems. Here Hans Sachs, the cobbler-poet, laureate of the gentle craft, Wisest of the Twelve Wise Masters, in huge folios sang and danced. Longfellow, _Nuremberg_. ⁂ The original corporation consisted of Heinrik von Mueglen, Konrad Harder, Master Altschwert, Master Barthel Regenbogen (blacksmith), Master Muscablüt (tailor), Hans Blotz (barber), Hans Rosenblüt (armorial painter), Sebastian Brandt (jurist), Thomas Murner, Hans Folz (surgeon), Wilhelm Weber, and Hans Sachs (cobbler). This last, though not one of the founders, was so superior to them all that he is always reckoned among the wise mastersingers.