[10]. Page 88.—_Morgain le Fay, who dwelleth in my house._ The enmity between Morgain le Fay and Guinevere, which is here stated to have been the _motif_ of the enchantment, is no invention of the author, but is found in the _Merlin_, probably the earliest of the Arthurian _prose_ romances. In a later version of our story, a poem, written in ballad form, and contained in the “Percy” MS., Morgain does not appear; her place is taken by an old witch, mother to the lady, but the enchantment is still due to her spells. In this later form the knight bears the curious name of _Sir Bredbeddle_. That given in our romance, _Bernlak de Hautdesert_, seems to point to the original French source of the story. (It is curious that Morgain should here be represented as extremely old, while Arthur is still in his first youth. There is evidently a discrepancy or misunderstanding of the source here.) [11]. Page 90.—_A baldric of bright green, for sake of Sir Gawain._—The later version connects this _lace_ with that worn by the knights of the Bath; but this latter was _white_, not _green_. The knights wore it on the left shoulder till they had done some gallant deed, or till some noble lady took it off for them. Printed by Ballantyne, Hanson _&_ Co. London & Edinburgh Transcriber’s Notes —Silently corrected a few typos. —Retained publication information from the printed edition: this eBook is public-domain in the country of publication. —In the text versions only, text in italics is delimited by _underscores_. —Created a Table of Contents based on the sidenotes.