p. 28, l. 973. «lithe», “to hear.” O.Icel. «hlŷða», “auscultare.” «Stratmann», s. v. «hlîþen», p. 315. p. 29, l. 993. «lese» miswritten for «lefe», which sense and rhyme require, and which occurs in ll. 832, 1526. p. 29, l. 995. «bassatours» (?) = “vavassours, vavasors.” p. 29, l. 999. «Inde Major.» The meaning of «Major» is not clear. Cf. besides «Chanson de Roland», ed. Gautier, «Glossarial Index», s. v. «Major». Compare also «Destr.» l. 690: «terre Majour». p. 29, l. 1000. The great number of geographical names contained in these two lines is probably due to the favourite habit of mediæval romance writers, who thought that they showed their geographical knowledge by introducing long strings of names. Thus we find in «Web. Rom.» II. l. 632 «et seq.», the names of sixteen towns mentioned in fourteen lines, all of which are said to have been visited by Richard the Lion-hearted. Again in the same poem, ll. 3679, «et seq.», we find the names of thirteen countries occurring in ten lines. Cf. also «King Alis.», «Web. Rom.» I. ll. 1440 and 1692. Often, too, geographical names seem to be inserted on account of the rhyme, as «Chaunder» in l. 123, and «Europe» in l. 1001. p. 29, l. 1008. «Camalyon», “meaning, probably, the camelopardalis. The blood of a cameleon would go a very little way towards satisfying a thirsty Saracen” (Ellis, «Metr. R.» 387). Perhaps also the poet did not know much of either of these two kinds of animals, and all he wished was to cite an animal with some outlandish name. p. 30, l. 1025. «southe» : «wrothe». The spelling «sothe» occurs in ll. 2014, 2024, 2246, 2719. There must be a lacuna of one or more lines here. The rhyme-word to «dute» (l. 1024) is wanting; the context also evidently shows that ll. 1025 and 1026, as they stand together, make no sense. It is worth while to add that the next five lines, contrary to the common usage of our poem, are all rhymed together. p. 30, l. 1040. Observe «Paens», i. e. “pagans,” used as a proper name here; cf. the «Destr.» l. 98, and «Fierabras», l. 5673. p. 31, l. 1051. For a description of Ferumbras, compare «Fierabras», ll. 578 «et seq.», and ll. 611 «et seq.», and «Syr Ferumbras», l. 550. p. 31, l. 1060. «trwes» = trues, truce. p. 31, l. 1067. «sex.» So in the French «Fierabras», l. 84: “Ja n’en refuserai, par Mahom, jusqu’à vi.” [p114] In the English «Ferumbras», l. 102, we read: “And þoȝ þer come «twelue», þe beste of þy fered, I will kuþe on hem my miȝt, & dyngen hem al to douste.” p. 31, l. 1071. «in fere» = “together.” «fere», literally “one who fares with one,” means “a travelling companion, a comrade, a mate; a company.” O.E. «(ge-)fera». p. 31, l. 1074. «man» = “bondman, subject, vassal.” So in ll. 1354 1466. p. 31, l. 1077. «childe», “young knight, young man.” See Skeat’s note to Sir Thopas (Clarendon Press), 162/2020. p. 31, l. 1084. Cf. the French text: