[13] It is worthy of notice that the account of the Fierabras romance as given by Barbour, may be considered, on the whole, as identical with the subject of the French «Fierabras» or the English «Syr Ferumbras», but not with the «Sowdan», as there is no mention made of the combat before Rome, nor any trace of what makes up the first part of the «Sowdan». But the spelling «Lawyn» for «Balan» agrees with the spelling of the same name in the «Sowdan». As to the relics mentioned in the passage above, they differ from all other versions. [14] In the Sowdan the Bridgeward is called «Alagolofre»; cf. Index of Names. [15] This MS. consisting of 71 parchment leaves in 4to, with coloured initials at the beginning of each rhyme-strophe, had formerly been in the possession “Majoris Monasterii congregationis Sancti Mauri,” at Paris. Having passed through many hands during the French Revolution, it finally came to the Library of Wallerstein. [16] Der Roman von Ferabras, provenzalisch. Berlin, 1829. [17] British Museum, MS. Reg. 15. E. vi. [18] Cf. also the «Préface» of the French «Fierabras», p. iv. [19] See «Leben und Werke der Troubadours», by Friedrich Diez, Zwickau, 1829, p. 613 note, and Berliner «Jahrbücher für wissenschaftliche Kritik», 1831. [20] In a footnote to his «Histoire de la Poésie scandinave», p. 183, where he says:—“Le roman de Ferabras, publié à Berlin par M. Bekker, est . . . évidemment traduit du français, et en a conservé trop de formes et d’expressions pour avoir la moindre valeur grammaticale.” [21] «Fierabras chanson de geste», edd. Krœber and Servois, in the collection of the «Anciens Poètes de la France». [22] For a more detailed analysis, see «Histoire Poét.», p. 251, and cf. the account given of the old «Fierabras» or «Balan» romance by Philippe Mousket, ed. Reiffenberg, Bruxelles, vol. I. v. ll. 4664–4716, which runs as follows:—