595. _gold ring_. The ring element is almost invariably present in mediaeval romance. Cf. ‘Guy of W.’ 7264; ‘Sir Eglamour’ 617-21; ‘Ipomydon’ 2060 ff.; ‘Rich. C. de L.’ 1635 ff.; ‘Erl of Tolous’ 392, 1029, 1077; ‘Fl. and Bl.’ etc. Cf. also discussion of the subject in Child’s Engl. and Scot. Metr. Ballads I. pp. 194 ff. 607, C. _of drad_. Cf. ‘Havelok’ 278: _Al Engelond was of him adrad_ (Wissmann). 619. _Leue at hire he nam_. Cf. ‘Ipomydon’ 745-6: _They toke there leve at the quene. And wente forthe all by dene._ 624. _blak so eny cole_. Cf. ‘Ipomydon’ 2182: _rede as any blode_. ‘Rich. C. de L.’ 1515: _Vpon a stede whyt so mylke_. ‘Ipomydon’ 645: _That one_ (steed) _was white as any mylke_. ‘Rich. C. de L.’ 824: _ded as ony stone_. ‘K. Horn’ 532 L H: _red so eny glede_. 628. _gan denie_. Cf. ‘Lay.’ 27441: _þa eorðen gon to dunien_ (Wissmann). ‘Beowulf’ 226: _syrcan hrysedon_. 631-2. _while_ : _myle_. Cf. Wissmann’s Note with parallel references to ‘Lay.’ I. 248; ‘Squyr of Lowe Degree’ 489; ‘Lyb. Disc.’ 5, v. 103 (Ritson II.); also Wolfram’s Parz. 132, 16. 634. _heþene hunde_. Cf. ‘Lay.’ 28982, 29202, etc.: _heðene hundes alle_; ‘King of Tars.’ 92 (Ritson II.). 637-8. Cf. 44 Note. 640. _wordes bolde_. Cf. ‘Rich. C. de L.’ 2407: _And I say thee wordes bold_. 641-2. _wynne_ : _inne_. Cf. ‘Chron. of Engl.’ 465-6: _Engelond to bywynne And sle that ther weren ynne_ (Wissmann). 643. _swerd gripe_. Cf. ‘Rich. C. de L.’ 4471: _Her wepene he gunne þer to gripe_; also 5070. 649-50. _Abute horn al one_. Cf. ‘Beues’ 3885, 4403: _Al aboute þai gonne þringe_. Also ‘Guy of W.’ 1072: _And þey aboute syr Gye can goo_. 659, H. _maister_ gen. sing. Another trace of French influence on this text, the French gen. sing. without ending. Cf. _enimis_ 1024 H, Horns 123 L. 678, L H. _lite stounde_. Cf. ‘Life of Alex.’ 947; ‘Chron. of Engl.’ 469 (Wissmann). 681, C. _wile iȝolde_. Cf. ‘worth while.’ Cf. Wissmann’s parallel citations; ‘Life of Alex.’ 734; ‘Chron. of Eng.’ 871, etc. 684. _huntinge_. Cf. ‘Erl of Tolous’ 937: _He rod on huntyng on a day_. ‘Guy of W.’ 1315: _On huntyng Gye went on a day_. Hunting was a favourite amusement at the time of the Danish invasions, as we know from the life of Alfred. 692, C. _sat on þe sunne_. The sun shone in the bower. Cf. Wissmann’s citation from The Squire of L. D.: _Anone that lady, fayr and fre, Vndyd a pynne of yvere, And wyd the windowes open set; The sonne schone in at her closet_. 710. _turne þine sweuene_. Cf. ‘Lay.’ 25573: _Let þu mi sweuen to selþen iturnen_ (Wissmann). 716. _treuþe iþe pliȝte_. Cf. 321 Note. 729. _bi sture_ refers to one of the rivers Stour. Cf. like opinions of Mätzner and Wissmann. 731 ff. Cf. ‘Guy of W.’ 3065 ff.; ‘Amis and Amil.’ 781 ff.; and ‘Rich. C. de L.’ 1000, for other instances of betrayal. 734. _berne_. Not clear. Cf. Mätzner, Ae. Sprachproben, p. 219. 740. _Vnder couerture_. Cf. ‘Life of Alex.’ 549: _In he cam to here bur and crape under hire couertour_ (Wissmann).