[15] Cf. _Legend of Sir Perceval_, Vol. II. p. 307 and note. I have recently received Dr Brugger’s review of Mr R. H. Griffith’s study of the English poem, and am glad to see that the critic accepts the independence of this version. If scholars can see their way to accept as faits acquis the mutual independence of the _Grail_, and _Perceval_ themes, we shall, at last, have a solid basis for future criticism. [16] Cf. my Notes, _Romania_, Vol. XLIII. pp. 403 _et seq_.