p. 12, l. 394. «honde of honde», “hand to hand.”—In the Glossary of the Roxburghe Club ed. we read: “Cast. Wherewithal to throw.” This is the sense of «cast» in l. 2471; but it occurs with two other meanings. In l. 394 «cast» signifies “device, plot, intention,” as often elsewhere. In ll. 460, 2091, 2099, 2467, 2603, 2792, it means “the act of throwing, the throw.” p. 12, l. 400. «hevy», “afflicted, sorrowful.” So in ll. 3037, 3224. p. 13, l. 427. «Estagote», miswritten for «Estragote», cf. ll. 346, 352, and «Destr.» l. 1090. «brake on three», cf. ll. 2234, 1388, 1269. p. 13, l. 441. «Sarsyns» : «Romaynes». See «Introduction», p. xliv. p. 14, l. 464. «oost» does not rhyme with «beste». Both the sense and the rhyme will be improved if we read «rest» for «oost». p. 14, l. 473. As it stands, the line makes no sense. «This» is written indistinctly in the MS., so that we may read either «this» or «thus»; the sense requires the latter, which I think is the true reading. Or else we may keep «this» and write «idone» instead of «it done». p. 15, l. 488. «aras.» Read «a ras», and see note to l. 1349. p. 15, l. 491. «and armes» makes no sense, as we are hardly entitled to take «armes» for the 2nd person plural imperative; which in this poem always ends in «-eth». See «Introduction», p. xxxvii. I think we must change «and» into «as». For the explanation of the phrase “as armes,” see note on l. 2660. p. 15, l. 495. The «Ascopars» or «Ascopartes» are mentioned in the «Destruction» as the subjects of the Soudan. The name of this people is not to be found in any other version. «Astopars» is merely a clerical error for «Ascopars», which may be easily accounted for by remembering that in the MSS. the characters «c» and «t» are very often formed almost alike. The true spelling «Ascopars» is found in ll. 2196, 2648; cf. also the «Destruction», ll. 98, 426. Nothing is known of the origin and the home of the Ascoparts. That they must have been men of great bodily strength follows from l. 496, “for ye be men of mighte,” and l. 2645, “that bene boolde and hardy to fighte.” Compare also what is said about them by Donne, in his first satire: “Those Askaparts, men big enough to throw Charing-cross for a bar.” It is worthy while to note that a giant, called Askapard, occurs in the romance of Sir Bevis of Hamptoun. See Ellis, «Metr. Romances», ed. Halliwell, p. 263. p. 15, l. 500. «Ho» is evidently a mistake for «we». «rere-warde», “rear-guard;” the van is called «fowarde», ll. 502, 732, the main body «the medyl partye», l. 735. p. 15, l. 504. «than» : «gon». See «Introduction», p. xxxv.