p. 69, l. 2399. «slepinge» must be altered into «slepande» in order to restore the rhyme. The author employed «-and» and «-ynge» as terminations of the present participle. See «Introduction», p. xxxviii. p. 69, l. 2421. «also» belongs to l. 2422. p. 70, l. 2433. «so mete I spede», “as I may succeed.” See Zupitza’s note to «Guy», l. 615. p. 71, l. 2477. «and now» is perhaps miswritten for «inow»; cf. the French text, l. 3803: “«Tant» y a plates d’or, nus nes porroit nombrer.” p. 71, l. 2482. «wast» gives no sense. Perhaps we ought to read «went». p. 72, ll. 2491–2502. The arrangement of the stanzas seems, as regards the rhymes, to be incorrect. p. 72, l. 2507. In the Ashmole «Ferumbras» this episode of the Soudan breaking the image of Mahound is omitted. In the French text he only threatens to make him cry, as soon as he gets hold of him, but he is rebuked by Sorbrance telling him that Mahomet being over-tired with guarding the treasure has only fallen asleep. Cf. «Fierabras», ll. 3820–3829. p. 72, l. 2512. «ore», O.E. «âr», “mercy, favour.” «Thyn ore» = “grant us thy favour,” “have mercy upon us,” or, “with thy favour.” p. 73, l. 2535. Richard of Normandy appearing here as in the French «Fierabras», among the twelve peers besieged by the Soudan, without having been mentioned before in the number of the knights sent on a mission by Charles, furnishes us with an argument in support of our supposition that the French «Fierabras» was the source of our poem. See «Introduction», p. xxx, and of «Fierabras», ll. 3957–3994, and «Syr Ferumbras», l. 4921. p. 73, l. 2538. «wynde» : «hende»; «wende» which occurs in l. 2328 would improve the rhyme. [p128] p. 73, l. 2549. «paramour» = “object of chivalrous affection and devotion.” p. 73, l. 2557. «wronge», preterite of «wringe», “to press well out, force one’s way.” p. 73, l. 2558. Does «thile» stand for «while», as «then», l. 2527, seems to be miswritten for «when»? Or is «thile» = the while? p. 74, l. 2564. «sloughe» : «drowe». Read «slowe», as in ll. 2401, 2683, 304, 2208, etc. p. 75, l. 2597. «itolde», “in number,” see Zupitza’s note to «Guy», 1770. p. 75, l. 2614. «quell» = “«kill»,” which occurs in l. 3006. p. 75, l. 2616. «bistadde», “hard bestead, greatly imperilled.” p. 75, l. 2617. «japed», “mocked, tricked, laughed at.” Connected with Icel. «gabba», “to mock.” p. 76, l. 2639. «tha». See «Introduction», p. xxxvii. p. 76, l. 2651. «lurdeyn», Mod. Eng. «lurdan», which is said to be the Fr. «lourdin» (diminutive of «lourd»). Regarding it as a corruption of “lord Dane” is a mere joke: “In every house lord Dane did then rule all, Whence laysie lozels lurdanes now we call.” «Mirrour for Magistrates», p. 588. p. 76, l. 2654. «sewes.» See Skeat, «Prioress’s Tale», p. 286.