p. 10, l. 277 ff. There is nothing in Torrent’s words which could lead the princess to a conclusion like that. I think that after l. 276 one stanza is wanting. p. 11, l. 286-8. As to the contents of these lines, Kölbing refers me to _Englische studien_, vol. IV. p. 133 f., where F. Liebrecht mentions a passage in _Sir Beves of Hamtoun_, according to which a king’s daughter,--if she is a pure virgin,--can never be hurt by a lion. Here we have another proof for this remarkable bit of folk-lore. p. 11, l. 292 = l. 329. p. 11, l. 303 = l. 342. p. 11, l. 305. I am not quite sure whether I was right in substituting the prince’s name--which is mentioned once more, the first time, as it were, l. 341--for the name of his father’s kingdom; but I didn’t see any other way of restoring the rhyme. p. 12, l. 311. Cf. l. 469 and Skeat’s note to _Sir Thopas_, l. 1927. p. 12, l. 334. Instead of _he_ I should prefer to read _they_: Torrent has just admonished the prisoners to cheer up. p. 13, l. 344. There must be something wrong in this line, because the name of the third Earl’s son is missing; to write _the third_ instead of _of_ may not suffice to put the text right; even the names _Torren_ and _Berweyne_ seem to me very suspicious. p. 14, l. 379. Cf. _Ipomadon_, l. 4245, _for Crystys dede_; _Crystys_ was substituted by Kölbing for _mannes_, which is clearly wrong; he could as well have chosen _godes_. p. 15, l. 393 ff. Cf. Kölbing’s note to _Tristrem_, l. 736. p. 16, l. 427. Of this allusion to Veland, Halliwell treats in his edition of _Sir Torrent_, p. vii f. Cf. Zupitza, _Ein zeugnis für die Wieland-sage_, _Zeitschrift für deutsches Alterthum_, Vol. XIX, p. 129 f. p. 16, l. 429-31. The line which follows l. 429 in the MS. is superfluous; it damages the metre; and the rhyme with l. 430 won’t do. The old king wishes to say; ‘I have seen the day when, if this sword wielded by me fell on any one, he was considered done for, doomed to death.’ Therefore l. 431, _I fawght therfor I told_ has been corrected into _Fawe they were I-told_. The scribe did not understand the obsolescent word _fawe_ or _faye_, so he wrote the nearest word to it to make sense, _I-told_ = ‘held, considered.’--I. Hall. p. 17, l. 458. Cf. Breul’s note to _Sir Gowther_, l. 410. p. 17, l. 465. Cf. l. 2061 f. p. 20, l. 542. The scribe, who evidently didn’t know the pretty rare word _clow_, has spoilt it to _colod_, or _colvd_; the same rhyme, _clouȝ_, _drouȝ_, _anouȝ_ occurs in _Sir Tristrem_, l. 1761 ff. Nor did the scribe know the word _swowe_ = ‘noise,’ and changed it to _swayne_; cf. Hall. Dict., p. 843: _He come to him with a swowe_. p. 20, l. 543. _Of and on_, off and on, intermittently. p. 21, l. 555. _schyld_ is not to the point here, Torrent having only his sword at hand. The scribe has forgotten what he has said himself, l. 526 and 549; cf. l. 652. p. 21, l. 582-4. We meet with this description twice more in the poem, ll. 1514-16, and ll. 1858-60.