p. 26, l. 875. «Durnedale.» This renowned sword was forged by the famous Galand or Weland. The French «Fierabras» (l. 645) is the only romance which attributes it to Munifican. It had been given by Charlemagne to Roland as the best of his warriors. As to the exploits achieved with it, Roland enumerates them himself in that celebrated passage, where in his death-hour he tries to break [p111] Durnedale to prevent it from falling into the hands of the Saracens («Chanson de Roland», ll. 2316–2337). The steel blade of this sword has been highly praised for its extraordinary hardness. It had been tried by Charlemagne himself on that “perron,” or steel block before the emperor’s palace in Aix-la-Chapelle (see «Histoire Poétique», p. 370). Durnedale proved good as well as Almace, the sword of Turpin. But Courtain, Ogier’s sword, was then shortened by half a foot. According to l. 1407 of the «Sowdan», Durnedale broke; but this incident has been mentioned nowhere else. Cf. «Syr Ferumbras», l. 997, and «Fierabras», l. 1740. p. 26, l. 876. «romme», spelt also «rome», «rowme», «roum», is Mod. E. «room», O.E. «rûm», “spatium.” p. 26, l. 880. «dinge»; read «gan dinge». «Dinge» is the infinitive mood, but the sense requires a preterite tense. The preterite of «dinge» is «dong», «dongen», which occurs in l. 1263. But as «dinge» cannot be altered here, on account of the rhyme, the passage is easily corrected by adding «gan» = “he began to strike, he struck.” p. 26, l. 884. «Alloreynes of Loreynes» and «Aleroyse» (l. 1699) are probably identical. Then «Allorey»n«es» would be an error of the scribe, who having already the following «Lorey»n«es» in his mind wrote «Allorey»n«es» instead of «Alleroyse». p. 26, l. 900. «in fay» = “truly,” «fay»= “faith, truth.” O.Fr. «fei» or «feid», Lat. «fides». p. 26, l. 904–5. Cf. «Chanson de Roland», ll. 1903–4: “Rollanz est proz e Oliviers est sages, Ambedui unt merveillus vasselage.” p. 27, l. 913. I cannot tell what «treyumple» means, or whether it be a corruption.