a literal transcription. A glance over the above passages shows that Martorell changed certain words. For “palaffre” he substituted “roci”; for “vestiments,” “vestidures”; for “magre,” “flach”; for “ausi” (heard), “hoy”; for “remembrar,” “recordar” or “esser en recort de”; for “consirer,” “entrar en gran pensament”; for “honrament,” “honor”; for “tro,” “fins”; for “en axi,” “axi”; for “pus” in comparisons, “mes.” A study of Martorell’s vocabulary reveals that the words for which he made substitutions are lacking in it. Other similar cases may be found, but, to prove our point, we do not feel it necessary to make an exhaustive study of the vocabularies of these authors. We shall, however, call attention to the ending of the first parallel passages. Lull says: “... e per les lagremes que gitaua, sos hulls foren apoquits.” The corresponding passage of Martorell reads: “e per les moltes lagremes quels seus hulls destillauen li eren los hulls molt apoquits.” There is much weeping in _Tirant lo Blanch_, and the author’s favorite way of describing it is something like this: “los seus hulls destillaren vives lagremes.” Without making an exhaustive search for this expression, we find twenty-one instances in _Tirant lo Blanch_ where the words “hulls,” some form of “destillar,” and “lagremes” are used to describe this emotional manifestation. He expresses it in other ways, but he never uses the verb “gitar,” which is employed by Lull in this connection. Martorell never uses this word, but, on the other hand, he frequently employs “lançar” with the very same meaning. After a careful comparison of the above passages, we are satisfied that the book under consideration is not a translation from an English original, nor was it first written in Portuguese. However, if the reader is still doubtful in regard to these questions, let us examine other parallel passages, of which the originals are found in another Catalan production, which bears the title Lo _Somni d’En Bernat Metge_. _Lo Somni d’En Bernat Metge_[27] _Tirant lo Blanch_[28] 1^{a} Tamaris reyna de Scithia, 1^{b} ... Tamarits Reyna de Sicilia no fo de menor coratge; la qual la qual no fo de menor en venjança de la mort de son fill animo. Car en veniança de la y consolacio sua mata batallant mort de son fill per consolacio aquell famos y molt temut Cirus, sua mata en batalla aquell famos rey d’Assia, ab dos cents milia e molt temut Cirius Rey d’dasia Persians. ab. CC. milia persians. 2^{a} ... y apres que la hague 2^{b} ... Lo dit Cornelio obtengue dompdada, se’n glorieja tant della victoria. E sen com si hagues vençut lo major glorieja tant com si hagues y pus victorios princep del vençut lo major princep del mon. mon.