«y» ╱╲ ╱ ╲ ╱ ╲ ╱ ╲ «z» ╲ ╱╲ ╲ ╱ ╲ ╲ ╱ ╲ ╲ «E» «D» «w» ╱╱╲╲ ╱╱ ╲╲ ╱╱ ╲╲ «d»«a» «b»«c» [38] «Epopées Françaises», ii. 307, and «Cat. rais. des livr. de la bibl. d’Ambr. F. Didot», I, 361. [39] Grœber, «Handschriftl. Gestaltungen», p. 6. [40] «Jahrbuch», xiii. p. 111, and «Zeitschrift für romanische Philologie», iv. p. 164. [41] “Die Vergleichung weniger aus allen Hss. bekannten Versen macht gewiss, dass «H» mit «D» und «E» aus der nämlichen Quelle «z» geflossen ist.” «Jahrbuch», xiii. 113. [42] «Handschriftl. Gestalt.», p. 10. [43] See the note to l. 5763 of «Sir Ferumbras», and cf. «Fierabras», 5955. [44] The number of instances where «A» varies from «C’s» version might easily be increased. Thus we find «A» 340 differing from «C» 52/111 and from «F» 357; «A» 814 differing from «C» 79/3 and from «F» 1548; «A» 1616 differing from «C» 102/10 and from «F» 2424; «A» 1238 differing from «C» 92/5 and from «F» 2083; «A» 4652 differing from «C» 171/26 and from «F» 4900, &c. [45] «Specimens of Early English Metrical Romances», ed. Halliwell, p. 379 «et seq.» [46] «Histoire Poétique», p. 251; cf. also «Revue critique d’Histoire et de Littérature», ii. 1869, p. 121 «et seq.» [47] Cf. Mr. Shelley’s Paper in Warton, «Hist. of Eng. Poetry», ii. 197–8. [48] pp. 17 «et seq.» [49] «Dissertation», p. 18. [50] «Introduction to Sir Ferumbras», p. xiv. [51] The French text will be found in the «Notes», which see. [52] For these names, the «Index of Names» may be referred to. [53] In some passages the «Destruction» shows also the spelling «Balan», but «Laban» is more common. [54] See note to l. 1000. [55] See note to l. 2842. [56] «Dissertation», p. 20. [57] See note to l. 1663. [58] Cf. note to l. 1723. [59] Mr. Herrtage, in his note to the Ashmol. MS., l. 259, reproduces—from the Roxburghe Club edition, «Introd.» p. vi.—the list of the twelve peers in the French version of the Grenville copy, 10531, which he erroneously takes for that of the «Sowdan». [60] But there is one “Alorys þe erld of Brye,” mentioned in the Ashm. MS., ll. 935, 2842, 4076, &c. [61] There is one «Templer» mentioned in the Ashm. MS., l. 2673. But he is not identical with «Tamper» of the «Sowdan», ll. 2641, 2667. [62] Greek σινδων. Cf. «Dissertation», pp. 45–46. [63] See note to l. 2535. [64] There being only a small fragment printed of the Didot MS. («Epopées Fr.» ii. 307), a comparison of the «Sowdan» with this version is impossible at present. But as the Didot MS. belongs to the same group as «E», what results from a comparison of «S» with «E» may be assumed for the Didot MS. [65] See «Zeitschrift für romanische Philologie», iv. pp. 164, 170. [66] «Jahrbuch für romanische und englische Sprache und Literatur», xiii. p. 111.