221. _schulle_. Cf. Wissmann’s note and citation from ‘Oct. Imp.’ (Weber
III.). 535. _to blowe swyþe schylle_.
239 ff. Horn’s education. Cf. the similar scene in the later romance,
‘Ipomydon’ 32 ff., which, like ‘Rich. C. de L.,’ has many traits in
common with King Horn, and was no doubt influenced by King Horn. (Weber,
as above, II, pp. 281 ff.):
_A feyrer child myght no man see_
_Tholomew a clerk he toke,_
_That taught the chyld vppon the boke,_
_Bothe to synge and to rede;_
_And after he taught hym other dede;_
_Aftirward to serve in halle_
_Bothe to grete and to smalle_
_Before the kyng mete to kerve,_
_Hye and lowe feyre to serve:_
_Bothe of howndis and haukis game_
_Aftir he taught hym, all and same._
_In se, in feld, and eke in ryuère_
_In wodde to chase the wild dere_
_And in the feld to ryde a stede_
_That all men had joy of his dede_
Verses 67-70 of ‘Ipomydon’ remind more directly of the French version,
‘R. H,.’ so that perhaps it was by this version of the Horn story that
the composer of ‘Ipomydon’ was influenced.
244. _Of wude and of riuere_. Cf. the similar phrase in ‘R. H.’ 377: _De
bois e de riuere, refait il autre tal_.
247 ff. Cf. ‘Lay.’ 4893 ff.: _Brennes wes swiðe hende [v] his hap wes þe
betere. Brennes cuðe on hundes, Brennes cuðe on hauekes, he cuðe mid his
honden hanlie þa harpe._
250. _Cupe serue_. Cf. ‘Ipomydon’ (as above) 295, where the princess
says to Ipomydon, “_Of the cuppe ye shall serve me_,” and 320 where
Ipomydon does serve with the cup. Cf. also ‘R. H.’ 471: _Horn serui le
rei bien de la cupe acel ior_.
264 ff. Cf. the apparently borrowed scene in ‘Rich. C. de L.’ vv. 879
ff., where the princess falls in love with the captive Richard and bids
the jailer, “_And aftir soper, in the evenyng, To my chaumbyr thow hym
bryng In the atyr of a squyer_” (909-11).
266. _He_ = ‘she’ as elsewhere (OE. _hēo_): _mest in þoȝte_. For similar
phrase cf. Wissmann 254 Note.
268 _wexe wild_. A popular word combination. Cf. ‘Proverbs of Hendyng’
(Böddeker’s ed.) 121: _Ne wax þou nout to wilde_ (Wissmann).
275. _Bi daie ne bi niȝte_. Cf. ‘Erl of Tolous’ 42: _Be dayes and be
nyght_. ‘Launfal’ 412: _Be dayes ne be nyȝt_. ‘Lay.’ 13829: _bi dæie no
bi nihtes_, etc.
282. _him þuȝte_. Cf. Wissmann’s note with incorrect reference to ‘Lay.’
312. See present volume, 268 Note.