p. 5, l. 165. «Ifreȝ.» There is no person of this name in any other version. Perhaps this Ifres may be identical with Jeffroi, mentioned as a senator of Rome in the «Destruction» (ll. 1122, 1139, 1367). p. 6, l. 170. About the phrase “douce France” compare Léon Gautier’s note to l. 15 of his «Edition critique de la Chanson de Roland». p. 6, l. 171. «Savaris.» The author has found this name in the «Destruction», l. 540. p. 6, l. 173. «Kinge» : «thinge». In my dissertation on the language and the sources of the Sowdan of Babylon, p. 4, bottom, I have shown [p102] that «i» or «y», which corresponds to O.E. «y», the «umlaut» of «u», rhymed with original «i» in this poem, which proves that the author wrote in the East Midland dialect. But among the examples collected there (p. 5), I ought not to have cited «kinge», because this word is not peculiar to the East Midland speech, but occurs with the same form in all dialects. See «Introduction», p. xxxv. p. 6, ll. 175–6 are imitated from the «Destruction», ll. 546–7. See «Introduction», p. xxiii. p. 6, l. 176. «ner», the common form for «nor» (267, 1633) in this poem. “«Polaynes» are knee-pieces in a suit of armour. This term for genouilleres is found in the household book of Edward I.” (Morris, «Glossary on Sir Gawayne», «s. v.» polaynes). p. 6, l. 181. «tyte», “soon, quick.” The editor of the Roxburghe Club edition of the «Sowdan» curiously confounds «tyte» with «tightly» = “adroitly,” occurring in Shakespeare, «Merry Wives», I. 3. «Tyte» is derived from O.Icel. «tîðr», “creber,” the neuter of which «tîtt», used adverbially means “crebro, celeriter.” See Stratmann, p. 561, «s. v.» «tîd». p. 6, l. 189. «Chek» = “cotton, linen or woollen cloths, woven or printed in checkers.” (Latham, «Dictionary», 1876.) p. 6, l. 191. A line seems to be wanting here. There is no rhyme to «displayed». p, 6, l. 201. «randon», “rapidity, force.” About the etymology see Diez, «Etym. Wörterbuch», I. 342, and Skeat, «Etym. Dict.» p. 7, l. 202. «than» seems to be an error for «thay». p. 7, l. 214. «Sarysyns.» There are several spellings of the name of this people in the poem: «Sarsyns», «Sarsenys», «Sarisyns», «Sarasyns». p. 7, l. 222. «that day» occurs again in l. 223. The author probably only wrote it once; the repetition is most likely due to the scribe. p. 7, l. 224. The following lines are imitated from the «Destruction», ll. 613–619; see «Introduction», p. xxiii. p. 7, l. 228. The French text («Destruction», l. 624) has: “Maintenant soient tot occis et descoupe. Ne voil que mi serjant en soient encombre.”