Page 70.--_'Tis ill done to summon evil._ The original gives '_On ne doit pas mal senechier_.' This latter word appears to be unknown. I submitted the passage to M. Paul Meyer, who thinks it may be a fault of the copyist; at the same time, Godefroi gives the noun _senechiance_ as equivalent to _segnefiance_, and a verb may have been constructed from this. The corresponding passage in B.N. 12577 runs '_Nul ne doit le mal prononcier_.' In an article in _Folk-Lore_ for March 1907, Miss Goodrich Freer quotes a Gaelic proverb, 'Ill will come if mentioned.' This seems to be the equivalent of our text. Page 87.--_A horn was sounded._ In the English version a small bell is rung. Much less stress is laid upon the arming of the knight, which here is a most picturesque and effective passage. Page 93.--_When that gentle knight Sir Gawain._ Gawain's extreme courtesy, and the consequent dismay of the king, are related in much the same terms, but more condensed, in the English poem. It seems possible that it was this adventure of the Rich Soudoier which suggested the figure of Galehault, '_le haut prince_' in the prose Lancelot. Both are distinguished for their height, their beauty, and their opposition to Arthur. Both, alike, became the King's friends through the courtesy and feigned submission of the knights Gawain and Lancelot. The parallel is worth working out. Page 98.--_As Bleheris doth witness to us._ Other forms of the name are Bleobleheris (B.N. 1453) and Bliobliheri (B.N. Add. 36614). This latter MS. at a later stage of the same collection again cites Bleheris as authority for the story of Gawain and the magic shield; he is there said to have been born and brought up in Wales. He is probably identical with the Bledhericus mentioned by Giraldus Cambrensis as a famous story teller, '_famosus ille fabulator_.' For a full discussion of the whole question see my _Legend of Sir Perceval_. Printed by Ballantyne & Co. Limited Tavistock Street, London Transcriber's Note Archaic spelling is preserved as printed. Hyphenation has been made consistent. Typographic errors have been amended as follows: Page 5--thoughout amended to throughout--... and all the barons throughout the land ... Page 7--Yder amended to Ydier--... nephew was he to king Ydier, ... Page 15--Lucans amended to Lucains--... Kay, and Lucains, the butler. The frontispiece illustration has been moved to follow the title page. Repeated titles have been deleted. End of Project Gutenberg's Sir Gawain and the Lady of Lys, by Anonymous