problems of the case; and at least it has the advantage of offering an hypothesis which may be of use in other stories besides the one under discussion. But there is another point in the discussion of Ulrich's poem which urgently demands attention. What is the connection between the _Lanzelet_ and the _Parzival_ of Wolfram von Eschenbach? A connection of some sort there is, and that a fairly close one. Take for instance the passage describing the hero's departure from his magic home for the world of men, a passage extending over two hundred lines (ll. 400-666). He does not know how to sit his horse, how to hold the bridle,[30] or use his weapons; is ignorant of his name and birth; is called _der kindische man_ (l. 598), _der namenlôse tumbe_ (l. 2045), all features which irresistibly recall Perceval to our mind, but are in no way characteristic of Lancelot.[31] The tourney at which Lancelot makes his first appearance at Arthur's court has been undertaken between King Lot von Johenis and _Gurnemanz den fürsten wîs_ (l. 2630). It commences with a vesper play: '_engegen der vespereide riten über jene heide, dort zwêne, dâ her drî_.'--ll. 2855-7. In the _Parzival_, Book II., we read of the tourney before Kanvoleis that it began with a vesper play: '_von Póytóuwe Schyolarz und Gurnemanz de Grâhárz, die tjostierten ûf dem plân. Sich huop diu vesperîe sân, hie riten sehse, dort wol drî._'--ll. 295-9. In connection with which we may note that both Chrétien and Hartmann von Aue spell the name of Gurnemanz with _o_, not with _u_, as does Wolfram. Other names, some of them peculiar to Wolfram's version, occur in the _Lanzelet_, such as Galagandreiss (Galogandres), also found in Hartmann's _Erec_ though not in Chrétien; Iwân de Nonel, l. 2935 (_Parzival_, v. 312); Iblîs, l. 4060 (_Parzival_, xiii. 895). Ulrich's Iblîs is connected with the cloister _jaemerlichen urbor_, Wolfram's with _Terra de Lâbur_; Kailet, l. 6032 (_Parzival_, ii. 737); Maurîn, whose name in each case is similarly qualified, _mit den lichten schenkeln her Maurîn_, l. 3052, _Mit den schoenen schenkeln Maurîn_ (_Parzival_, xiii. 1069).[32] In the description of Iweret we read, _einen wâfen roc fuort er und guldîn schellen dran er schein ein engel niht ein man_, ll. 4428-30, which should be compared with the description of Karnachkarnanz. '_den dûhte er als ein got getân: er'n het ê 'so lichtes niht erkant. úfem tówe, der wâpenroc erwant. mit guldîn schellen kleine_.'--_Parzival_, iii. 175 _et seq._