(St. LXVII.) In this poem "_the Rhine_" is used to express the dominion of Gunther, though, strictly speaking, Siegfried was himself from the Rhine, being a native of Xanten. It is remarkable that at St. I, Second Adventure, this last circumstance is stated, and yet at St. XIII and St. XV, Third Adventure, in the conversation between Siegfried and his father, both of whom were then at Xanten, the phrase _ze Rîne_ is used with reference to Gunther's country. (St. LXIX.) "slew him many a slain." This phrase is borrowed from Samson Agonistes. FIFTH ADVENTURE (St. I.) Lachmann's Third Lay begins here, and ends with St. LX of this Adventure. (St. XX.) Ne she was derke ne browne, but bright, And clear as the Moone light, Againe whom all the starres semen But small candles, as we demen. Chaucer's "Romaunt of the Rose" in the description of Beauty. For all afore, that seemed fayre and bright, Now base and contemptible did appeare, Compar'd to her that shone as Phebes light Among the lesser starres in evening clear. "Faerie Queene," IV, v. 14. (St. XXIII.) So Chaucer says of Mirth in the "Romaunt of the Rose": He seemed like a portreiture, So noble was he of his stature. (St. XXVIII.) In the last verse of this stanza Lachmann thinks _magetlîchen_, not _minnelîchen_, was the original word; "We have," says he rather austerely, "love enough and to spare in St. XXX, Fifth Adventure;" and certainly, if he be justified in rejecting St. CCXCVIII, and consequently in putting St. CCXCIX next to St. CCXCVII, there is rather a superabundance of the tender passion with _minnelîchen_, in two successive lines, and _minne_ in a third. On the other hand, it may be said that this very superabundance is produced by Lachmann's own rejection of St. CCXCVIII, and that to alter the text of the preceding stanza in consequence of that rejection, is something like what lawyers call taking advantage of one's own wrong. But however that may be, it cannot be denied, that _magetlîchen_ is in St. CCXCVII far more appropriate than _minnelîchen_, and its suits my convenience as a translator infinitely better. I have therefore gladly adopted it. (St. XL.) In fame's eternal beadroll worthy to be fil'd. "Faerie Queene." SIXTH ADVENTURE (St. II.) Lachmann's Fourth Lay begins here, and ends with St. LXXXVIII. The poem, which we now possess under the name of the Nibelungenlied, throws into the shade the early history of Siegfried and Brunhild, and retains only a few obscure allusions to the fact that they were old acquaintances. See the Preface.