1974 Florippe his doȝtre þe 2712 Floripas la «courtoise» a «cortoyse» in «chambre» þar le «nois» escoute Puis issi de she was In þe «paleys» yhurde la «cambre», . . . Entresi c’au «noise» and þyder þan she gas «palais» . . 2007 þow ert «asotid» 2733 . . vous voi «assoté». 2538 a gret «repref» it were 3136 . . il nous est «reprouvé» 3665 brydel and «paytrel» and al 4117 Li estrier furent d’or, þe gere wiþ fyn gold yharneyssed rices fu li «poitrés» were 3672 and þe king him gan «ascrie» 4126 . . . si s’est haut «escriés». 3791 a gret «dul» þay made þere 4236 . . demainent grant «dolour» 4541 with an hard «crestid» 4832 vestu ot la pel d’un dur «serpentis» fel «serpent» «cresté» 5753 on þan ston a «cracchede» 5910 en «despit» de Ihesu ens es and in a spatte in «dispit» of fous «ecraca». god, etc. Besides these undoubted examples of translation, we must bear in mind that there occur some variations of readings, where, indeed, the author of «Syr Ferumbras» seems to have introduced slight incidents and modifications. But examining them more closely, we shall soon become aware that many of them also point to a French original, which we may sometimes identify by comparing these variations with the readings of those French MSS. that are already printed. Thus, the words “þarto ys stede þan tyeþ he,” l. 91, render exactly a line of the Escorial MS.[36]—“son cheval aresna à l’abricel rose”—which is omitted in l. 93 of «F» («i. e.» the French «Fierabras», as edited by MM. Krœber and Servois).[37] [p-xix] The following is another example of A (= the Ashmolean «Ferumbras») differing from «F», but agreeing with «E»: A. E. 175 Ne «lyre» he noȝt þys day til 175 ke il puisse tant «vivre» que evene cis jours soit passés 2131 Adoun þay gunne falle, 2833 Issi «agenoillierent» par «knellyng» on þe erthe stille bones volentez ... & «kussedem» «everechone», ... «Ils baissent» les reliques ... etc. Notwithstanding these resemblances of «A» to «E», in passages where «A» differs from «F», «E» cannot have been the source of «A», as there are many instances where «E» and «F» show the same reading, whereas «A» differs from both versions. Thus, «A», l. 340 «et seq.», it is Duke Reyner who blesses his son, and not Charles, as «E» and «F» (l. 357) have it. The names of Arrenor, Gwychard, Gayot, and Angwyree, given in l. 814, differ from those which are mentioned in the corresponding passage of «E» and «F» (ll. 1548–49). There is no mention of Kargys being slain by Oliver («A» 880) to be found in «E» or «F» (l. 1670–76). In «A» 1178, «Lamasour» advises the Soudan not to slay the prisoners; in «E» and «F» (l. 1948) the same advice is given by «Brulans».