The Romaunce of the Sowdone of Babylone and of Ferumbras His Sone Who Conquerede Rome
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The Romaunce of the Sowdone of Babylone and of Ferumbras His Sone Who Conquerede Rome
Charlemagne, Emperor, 742-814 -- Romances; English poetry -- Middle English, 1100-1500; Romances, English
BROULAND, chief counsellor to Laban. See note on l. 1743.
BRYER OF BRYTAYN,—of Mountez; see note to l. 1723.
BRYER OF POYLE, a Roman knight, slain by Ferumbras; see note to l. 514.
BULGARE, l. 1002. Occurring in no other poem.
CASSAUNDRE, ll. 986, 512, town belonging to Lukafer. This name is not
found in the other versions.
CHARLES, Charlemayne, the French king.
CHAUNDER, l. 123, a town in Asia; only mentioned here. See note to l.
1000.
COSDROYE escorts a convoy destined for the soudan; he is slain by
Roland; cf. note to l. 2695.
CRAMADAS, a Saracen bishop, ll. 2775, 2788. Not found in the other
versions.
CURRAUNTES, the bridge near Mantrible, l. 2866. This name occurs only
in this poem.
DASABERDE, l. 1707, (?) mentioned only here.
DENYS, ll. 27, 61, etc. Occurring in all versions.
DURNEDALE, Roland’s sword; see note to l. 875.
ESPIARD, l. 111, Laban’s messenger; cf. note to l. 2145.
ETHIOPES, subject to Laban. See note to l. 257.
EUROPE, l. 1002. Mentioned only in this poem.
FERUMBRAS, see note to l. 93.
FLAGOT, the river on which the city of Mantrible with its famous
bridge is situated, cf. ll. 2559, 2798, 2855, etc., and «Fierabras»,
ll. 7348, 4886, etc. When the twelve peers besieged in Agremar send
Richard of Normandy to Charlemagne to ask his aid, Richard is said to
have started in the direction of Mantrible, l. 2559; but finding the
bridge blocked up and guarded, l. 2799, he is obliged to swim across
the water, ‘Flagot the flode,’ l. 2804. Charlemagne being informed
of the distress of his peers, starts towards Mantrible, l. 2849, and
having first taken it and left Richard there with two hundred knights,
l. 3044, he continues his march against the soudan at Agremar, l.
3047. Whence it is clear that Agremar cannot be situated on the
river Flagot, as is stated in l. 34; a mistake evidently owing to an
oversight on the part of the poet. Cf. besides, note to l. 1723.
FLOREYN OF ROME, name given to Ferumbras after his baptism; see note
to l. 1486.
FLORIP, Florypas; see note to l. 614. In the Ashmolean versions we
find «Floryppe», a spelling which does not occur in any of the French
poems. But once we find «Floripes» in «Fierabras», l. 2035.
FOCARD, l. 2900, one of the Christian knights who struck at the
bridge-keeper of Mantrible when he refused to let them pass. The name
occurs only in this poem.
FOLK BALIANT, l. 1695, one of the twelve peers. Only found in this
poem.
FORTIBRAUNCE, l. 422, one of the soudan’s engineers. Only occurring in
this poem.
FRAUNCE. Charles is called king of dowse Fraunce, cf. «Fierabras»,
2103; «Syr Ferumbras», 1269. This phrase does not occur in the
«Destruction».
FREMOUNDE, a saint; see note to l. 2845.
FRIGE, l. 1000; Frigys, l. 1040. Part of the soudan’s dominions, not
mentioned in the other versions.
GALLOPES, l. 251, mentioned only in this poem.
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