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
MOWNJOYE, see note to l. 868, and cf. the «Song of Roland», 128/746.
NEYMES OF BAVERE, one of the twelve peers, see note to l. 836.
NUBENS, l. 873, NUBYE, l. 1001, a people subject to the soudan.
OGER DANOYS, one of the twelve peers, see note to l. 836.
OLIBORN, l. 99, the soudan’s chancellor; only found in this poem.
OLYVER, one of the twelve peers; see note to l. 1250.
PARIS, l. 917; see note to l. 3254.
PERSAGYN, a king of Italy, and uncle to Ferumbras, slain by Oliver, l.
1259. In the «Destr.» l. 162, we find one Parsagon mentioned among the
peers of the soudan’s empire. See note to l. 1259.
PERSE, l. 2888, cf. «Destr.» ll. 77, 421. «Fierabras», 1640, 1713.
SEINT PETER, ll. 161, 480, etc., the saint; cf. «Fierabras», l. 1261;
«Syr Ferumbras», l. 3756; «Destr.» l. 501.
CEINT PETER, l. 453, the cathedral; cf. «Fierabras», l. 57; «Destr.»
l. 1109.
SEINT POUL, ll. 163, 3269, the saint; cf. «Syr Ferumbras», l. 3756;
not mentioned in the other poems.
POYLE, l. 514,? Apulia; found only in this poem; cf. note to l. 1000.
QWYNTYN, l. 1298, a saint by whom Ferumbras swears; see note to l.
2845.
RICHARD OF NORMANDY, see notes to ll. 2535, 2795, 3044.
ROMAYNE, l. 77, inhabitant of Rome.
ROME, l. 17.
ROULAND, see note to ll. 1499, 1888.
SATHANAS, l. 2777, a Saracen god.
SAVARIS, l. 171, a duke of Rome who leads the Roman troops against
the Saracens. He is slain by Estragot (l. 346). He also occurs in the
«Destr. de Rome». In the French «Fierabras» appears a French knight
Savaris, l. 1699.
SORTYBRAUNCE, the chief councillor of the soudan.
SPAYN, l. 717, belonging to the soudan’s dominions. It is the scene of
the principal action narrated in this poem, as indeed the only part
where the scene is laid elsewhere is that describing the destruction
of Rome.
SYMON, a saint by whom Charles swears, l. 1713.
TAMPER, a name peculiar to this poem. He erects a gallows before
Agremore castle to hang Guy, l. 2641.
TERMAGANT, l. 137, a Saracen deity; cf. note to l. 86. Spelt Ternagant
in «Syr Ferumbras», Tervagant in the French «Fierabras».
TERY LARDENEYS, one of the twelve peers; see note to l. 1691.
TURKES, l. 874, cf. «Fierabras», 128, 1641, 3767. «Syr Ferumbras»,
5433, 5677.
TURPYN, the French bishop who baptizes Ferumbras, l. 1475. This name
does not occur in the Ashmole MS.
VENYS, subject to Laban; see note to l. 1000. Mentioned only in this
poem.
RICHARD CLAY & SONS, LIMITED, LONDON & BUNGAY.
TRANSCRIBER’S ENDNOTE
Original printed spelling and grammar has been retained, with some
exceptions noted below. Original italics «look like this». The middle
English characters “ȝ”, “Þ”, “ð”, and “þ” were originally printed
always without italic form, but in this edition have been rendered as
italic wherever that seems appropriate, as in this sentence from page
xxxvii: “«That» or «þat», «who», «whome» are used as relative pronouns”.
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