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
GAȜE, a town in Spain, where Charlemagne lands his troops. The name is
found only in this poem (in rhyme), l. 772.
GENELYN, a French knight, notorious for his treachery. He advised
Charles to leave Spain and to return home, urging that the twelve
peers must be dead at Agremor, since no news arrived from them, l.
2820. When in assaulting Mantrible he saw Charles shut in in the city,
he treacherously proclaimed the king to be dead, and ordered the
French to return to France, where he hoped to be crowned king. But he
was rebuked by Ferumbras (ll. 2970–2991). For his treason he is hanged
and drawn at Montfaucon in Paris (ll. 3244–3254).
GENERYSE, ll. 1139, 1239, is the name Oliver gives himself when asked
by Ferumbras. The French «Fierabras» and the Ashmole «Ferumbras» have
Garin instead.
GY OF BOURGOYNE, see note to ll. 1888, 1892.
GYNDARD, l. 543, a Roman senator who kills ten Saracens. He is slain
by Lukafer. Occurring only in this poem.
HUBERT, l. 518, a Roman knight, slain by Ferumbras. Not mentioned in
the other versions.
IFFREZ, a Roman senator who advises to send to Charles for help. See
note to l. 165.
INDE, l. 999. Not mentioned in the other poems. Cf. note to l. 999.
ISRES, 625, 641, the chief porter of Rome, who treacherously delivers
the keys to the Saracens. See note to l. 625.
JUBYTER, ll. 2254, 2762, a Saracen god, mentioned only in this poem.
LABAN, see note to l. 29.
LOWES, occurring in the «Sowdan» and the «Destruction», but not
mentioned in the other versions. See note to l. 24.
LUKAFER OF BALDAS, see note to l. 113. Once, l. 236, this name is
spelt Lukefere.
MACEDOYNE, l. 1002. Occurring only in this poem.
MAHOUND, see note to l. 86.
MAPYN, l. 2326, introduces himself into the bed-chamber of Floripas
to steal the fatal girdle. In the French poem, l. 3046, he is called
Maubrun d’Agremolée; in the Ashmolean version Maubyn of Egremolee, l.
2385. Cf. «Introduction», pp. xx, xxx, xxxi.
MARAGONDE, the name of Floripas’s governess, l. 1563. Spelt Morabunde
in the French poem. See «Introduction», pp. xxx, xxxi.
MARIE, ll. 917, 2390; cf. «Destr.» ll. 374, 564; «Fierabras», ll. 285,
815; «Syr Ferumbras», ll. 5177, 5451.
MARSEDAG, king of Barbarye, occurs only in this poem. See note to l.
2247.
MAUNTRIBLE, a town in Spain on the river Flagot (see above) with a
bridge; cf. also «Destr.» 211, and «Fierabras», 1867, etc.
MAVON, ll. 278, 422, 2230, Laban’s engineer; spelt Mabon in the
«Destr.» ll. 908, 941, and in «Fierabras», l. 3735. The name does not
occur in the Ashmole MS.
MIRON OF BRABANE, one of the twelve peers, occurring only in this
poem, l. 1703.
MONTFAWCON, l. 3253. Not found in the other versions.
MOUNPELERS, after having conquered the soudan, Charlemagne sails
from Spain to Mounpeler, l. 3228. The name does not occur in the
«Fierabras», where the king returns to France in an eight days’
journey (ll. 6164–6187). Cf. «Destr.» ll. 250, 286.
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