Of what purists call the sophisticated _chansons_, those in which general romance-motives of different kinds are embroidered on the strictly _chanson_ canvas, there are probably none more interesting than the later forms of _Huon de Bordeaux_ and _Ogier de Danemarche_. The former, since the fortunate reprinting of Lord Berners's version by the Early English Text Society, is open to every one, though, of course, the last vestiges of _chanson_ form have departed, and those who can should read it as edited in M. Guessard's series. The still more gracious legend, in which the ferocious champion Ogier, after his early triumphs over the giant Caraheu and against the paladins of Charles, is, like Huon, brought to the loadstone rock, is then subjected to the enchantments--loving, and now not baneful--of Arthur's sister Morgane, and tears himself from fairyland to come to the rescue of France, is by far the most delightful of the attempts to "cross" the Arthurian and Carlovingian cycles. And of this we fortunately have in English a poetical version from the great _trouvere_ among the poets of our day, the late Mr William Morris. Of yet others, the often-mentioned _Voyage a Constantinoble_, with its rather unseemly _gabz_ (boasting jests of the peers, which are overheard by the heathen emperor with results which seem like at one time to be awkward), is among the oldest, and is a warning against the tendency to take the presence of comic elements as a necessary evidence of late date. _Les Saisnes_, dealing with the war against the Saxons, is a little loose in its morals, but vigorous and interesting. The pleasant pair of _Aiol_ and _Elie de St Gilles_; the touching history of Charlemagne's mother, _Berte aus grans Pies_; _Acquin_, one of the rare _chansons_ dealing with Brittany (though Roland was historically count thereof); _Gerard de Roussillon_, which has more than merely philological interest; _Macaire_, already mentioned; the famous _Quatre Fils d'Aymon_, longest and most widely popular, must be added to the list, and are not all that should be added to it. [Sidenote: _Final remarks on them._]