[67] This example is not very striking, as the spelling «Ferumbras» may simply have been retained from the first part of the poem; see above, p. xxxi. [68] «Syr Ferumbras», «Introduction», p. xiv, footnote. [69] See «Handschriftliche Gestaltungen», p. 14, and «Dissert.», p. 29. [70] «Histoire Poétique», p. 157. [71] And to which only a few very insignificant additions were made by the author; see «Hist. Poét.», p. 99, bottom. [72] See Morris’s Preface to «Genesis and Exodus», Skeat’s Introduction to «Havelock the Dane», and Mall’s edition of «Harrowing of Hell» (Breslau, 1871). [73] See Sweet, «Anglia», iii. 152. [74] Cf. Mall, «Harrowing of Hell», p. 18. [75] Cf. Schipper, «Alexiuslegenden», 98/121. [76] See note to l. 939. [77] “This elision of a final «d» in such words as «hond», «lond», «sheld», «held», &c., is by no means uncommon in ancient poetry, and arises simply from pronunciation.”—Morris, «Specimens of Early English», 320/261. [78] Cf. Mr. Nicol’s «Paper in the Academy» of June 23, 1877, vol. xi. p. 564, col. 1, and «Seventh Annual Address of the President to the Philol. Soc.», p. 2. [79] See the note. [80] Although l. 25 says that the story of the «Sowdan» “is written in Romance,” this cannot induce us to consider our poem as a mere translation. It is, on the contrary, a free reproduction of a French original. [81] Cf. also Lindsay’s «History of Squyer Meldrum», l. 390: “Like Mars the God Armypotent.” [82] Cf. «Prioress’s Tale», ed. Skeat (Clarendon Press Series), p. xx; and Furnivall’s «Trial Forewords», p. 111. [83] Cf. «Chaucer», ed. Morris, i. 205, footnote. [84] «Bibliotheca Heberiana», Part xi. p. 162. MSS. Lot 1533. [85] Ed. Halliwell, p. 379 «et seq.» [86] For instances, see the following words:—«Atame», «alayned», «ameved», «assorte», «avente», «forcer», &c. [87] London. Printed by William Nicol, Shakspere Press, MDCCCLIV. [p-xlix] ADDITIONS. Since the «Introduction» was written, I have had an opportunity of seeing the Hanover MS. of the French «Fierabras». The kind offices of Professor Koner exerted on my behalf secured me the consent of the Administration of the Royal Hanoverian Library to have the MS. sent to Berlin, and their most generous permission to consult it freely in the Reading Room of the University Library. Having now compared the «Sowdan» more closely with the Hanover MS., I must state that the final result arrived at in my investigation concerning the original of the «Sowdan» (cf. p. xxxii) is in no way altered. As already stated above (p. xxxii), and as the subsequent examination and the passages of «H» quoted below will serve to confirm, the Hanover version is, generally speaking, the same as the printed version of the «Fierabras», differing only in slight variations of readings.