7. PAGE 67,--_The slain and the slayer_. The belief that the blood of a corpse would flow afresh, did the murderer approach it, was very prevalent in the middle ages. In Chretien de Troyes' _Chevalier au lion_ (ll. 1177 et seq.) we find a similar situation, complicated by the fact that Yvain (the slayer) protected by a magic ring is invisible to the bystanders. The best known instance, however, is probably that of the _Nibelungenlied_ where Kriemhild's suspicions that Hagen is Siegfred's murderer are in this manner verified. 8. PAGE 91.--_I have no call to flee, nor to fear death_. This is evidently the hermit whom Lancelot in the _Queste_ finds dead under circumstances agreeing with those here hinted at. The story will be found in Malory Book XV. 9. PAGE 102.--_That cometh altogether from his sin against his mother_. The reason here alleged for Perceval's failure to find the Grail is that given by Chrétien and Wolfram, and is another indication of the writer's familiarity with the early _Perceval_ story. 10. PAGE 116.--_Sir Agloval's explanation, (a) The Lancelot quest_. The special quest here referred to is that undertaken in search of Lancelot when he fled from court in a frenzy, induced by Guinevere's jealousy of King Pelles' daughter. During this quest Agloval visits his mother, sees Perceval, and brings him to court (_cf. Legend of Sir Lancelot_ pp. 161-2). _(b) The lost heritage_. The fact that Perceval regains possession of the heritage of which he has, before his birth, been deprived is recorded in certain of the _Perceval_ romances; the _Parzival_ of Wolfram von Eschenbach, the prose _Perceval li Gallois_, and the English _Sir Percyvelle of Galles_, but it is not found in Chrétien. It is clear, to a close observer, that the compiler of the Dutch _Lancelot_ knew the early _Perceval_ tradition in a form closer to the version of the German, than that of the French poet. Later on, in the _Queste_ section, he introduces a reference to this inheritance, where none exists in the French versions I have examined (_cf. Legend of Sir Lancelot_ p. 174). 11. PAGE 127.--_Lancelot's adventure with the beast._ This is a condensed account of the well known story of _The Fahe Claimant_. Two versions of this story have already been given in this series, the dragon adventure in _Tristan_ (No. II) and that of the stag in _Tyolet_ (No. III.); this is inferior to either, but appears to combine characteristics of both. I have discussed it fully in Chapter III. of the _Lancelot_ studies, before referred to, and have there compared it with the similar adventure also attributed to that knight in the Dutch compilation. 12. PAGE 128.--_Had it not been for a ring which Lancelot wore._ This is evidently the ring given him by the Lady of the Lake, and referred to in _The Charrette_ (ll. 2348 et seq). It had the power of detecting enchantments.