573-4. _stille_ : _wille_. Cf. ‘Seven Sages’ (Weber III.) 485
(Wissmann).
581. _mestere_. Cf. ‘Sir Eglamour’ 252, The knight must accomplish
“_dedes of armys thre_” before he can marry the princess. Cf. the
similar conditions in ‘Guy of Warwick.’
586, L. _forsake_, ‘give up,’ ‘renounce.’ Cf. Wissmann’s Note and Ritson
II. 70 ff., 159.
595. _gold ring_. The ring element is almost invariably present in
mediaeval romance. Cf. ‘Guy of W.’ 7264; ‘Sir Eglamour’ 617-21;
‘Ipomydon’ 2060 ff.; ‘Rich. C. de L.’ 1635 ff.; ‘Erl of Tolous’ 392,
1029, 1077; ‘Fl. and Bl.’ etc. Cf. also discussion of the subject in
Child’s Engl. and Scot. Metr. Ballads I. pp. 194 ff.
607, C. _of drad_. Cf. ‘Havelok’ 278: _Al Engelond was of him adrad_
(Wissmann).
619. _Leue at hire he nam_. Cf. ‘Ipomydon’ 745-6: _They toke there leve
at the quene. And wente forthe all by dene._
624. _blak so eny cole_. Cf. ‘Ipomydon’ 2182: _rede as any blode_.
‘Rich. C. de L.’ 1515: _Vpon a stede whyt so mylke_. ‘Ipomydon’ 645:
_That one_ (steed) _was white as any mylke_. ‘Rich. C. de L.’ 824: _ded
as ony stone_. ‘K. Horn’ 532 L H: _red so eny glede_.
628. _gan denie_. Cf. ‘Lay.’ 27441: _þa eorðen gon to dunien_
(Wissmann). ‘Beowulf’ 226: _syrcan hrysedon_.
631-2. _while_ : _myle_. Cf. Wissmann’s Note with parallel references to
‘Lay.’ I. 248; ‘Squyr of Lowe Degree’ 489; ‘Lyb. Disc.’ 5, v. 103
(Ritson II.); also Wolfram’s Parz. 132, 16.
634. _heþene hunde_. Cf. ‘Lay.’ 28982, 29202, etc.: _heðene hundes
alle_; ‘King of Tars.’ 92 (Ritson II.).
637-8. Cf. 44 Note.
640. _wordes bolde_. Cf. ‘Rich. C. de L.’ 2407: _And I say thee wordes
bold_.
641-2. _wynne_ : _inne_. Cf. ‘Chron. of Engl.’ 465-6: _Engelond to
bywynne And sle that ther weren ynne_ (Wissmann).
643. _swerd gripe_. Cf. ‘Rich. C. de L.’ 4471: _Her wepene he gunne þer
to gripe_; also 5070.
649-50. _Abute horn al one_. Cf. ‘Beues’ 3885, 4403: _Al aboute þai
gonne þringe_. Also ‘Guy of W.’ 1072: _And þey aboute syr Gye can goo_.
659, H. _maister_ gen. sing. Another trace of French influence on this
text, the French gen. sing. without ending. Cf. _enimis_ 1024 H, Horns
123 L.
678, L H. _lite stounde_. Cf. ‘Life of Alex.’ 947; ‘Chron. of Engl.’ 469
(Wissmann).
681, C. _wile iȝolde_. Cf. ‘worth while.’ Cf. Wissmann’s parallel
citations; ‘Life of Alex.’ 734; ‘Chron. of Eng.’ 871, etc.
684. _huntinge_. Cf. ‘Erl of Tolous’ 937: _He rod on huntyng on a day_.
‘Guy of W.’ 1315: _On huntyng Gye went on a day_. Hunting was a
favourite amusement at the time of the Danish invasions, as we know from
the life of Alfred.
692, C. _sat on þe sunne_. The sun shone in the bower. Cf. Wissmann’s
citation from The Squire of L. D.: _Anone that lady, fayr and fre, Vndyd
a pynne of yvere, And wyd the windowes open set; The sonne schone in at
her closet_.
710. _turne þine sweuene_. Cf. ‘Lay.’ 25573: _Let þu mi sweuen to selþen
iturnen_ (Wissmann).