very rious inaccuracy in matters of this sort forms a sad blot in his otherwise and entertaining work, of which a critical edition is still much desiderated. P. 289, 1. 32. Tearne-wadling. useful See previous Note, in p. 330. P. 293, 1. 116. Sir Lancelott and Sir Steven bold. The name of the second of these champions does not occur in the Round Table romances. Ibid. 1. 120. Soe did Sir Banier and Sir Bore, Banier is probably a mistake for Beduer, the king's constable. Sir Bore is Bors de Gauves. (See previous Note, p. 313.) Sir Garett is Gareth or Gaheriet, the younger brother of Sir Gawayne; and his adventures, under the surname of Beaumayns, occupy an entire book,-the seventh,—in the Morte d'Arthur, vol. i. pp. 186 -245. He took the part of Lancelot against his brothers, but was accidentally killed by him on the occasion of the rescue of queen Guenever. Ibid. vol. ii. p. 403. Revenge for his loss prompted Sir Gawayne to induce king Arthur to cross the sea to attack Lancelot, which ultimately proved the destruction of the whole of the Table Ronde. Sir Walter Scott in a Note on Sir Tristrem, p. 379, ed. 1833, quotes a romance of Sir Gaheret," in which the knight plays at chess with a beautiful fairy, [Floribelle, a suivante of the fairy Morgana,] and is vanquished, but is afterwards liberated from his confinement by his cousin [brother] Gawayne, who wins the game by a move long afterwards called l'échec de Gauvain, and now l'échec du berger, or fool's-mate. In reality there is no such romance, but the adventure here alluded to occurs in an episodical tale of Gawayne and his three brothers, analysed in the Bibliothèque des Romans, Juillet, 1777, pp. 87-122. I may here venture to correct another venial error of Scott, who in the same work, p. 416, quotes from Gower the lines, 66 There was Tristrem, which was beloved With bele Isolde; and Lancelot Stode with Guenor, and Galahote Sir Walter argues, that Gower is here incorrect, since Galahaut or Galahad had no paramour. But Gower is perfectly accurate, and alludes to Gallehault, king of the loingtaines isles or de oultre les marches, whose mistress was Malchault, lady in attendance on queen Guenever, and by whose instrumentality the intrigue of Lancelot with her mistress was brought about. See the Roman de Lancelot, vol. i. ff. lxxxiii-v, edit. 1513. Scott confounds this Gallehault with Galaad, the immaculate son of Lancelot, who accomplished the adventure of the Sangreal. GLOSSARY. ABBREVIATIONS. AA. Awntyrs of Arthure.-AKC. Arthur and the King of Cornwall.-C. Carle of Carlile.-GC. Syre Gawene and the Carle of Carelyle.-GG. Golagros and Gawane.-GK. Syr Gawayn and the Grene Knyzt.-Gr.K. The Grene Knight.-J. Jeaste of Syr Gawayne.-MG. Marriage of Sir Gawaine.-TG. The Turke and Gowin.-The numbers refer to the lines of each poem. Words of frequent occurrence have a limited number of references. Those to which an obelus is prefixed appear to be irregular forms, or errors. ABATAYLMENT, battlement, GK. 790. form of i-bone it occurs in Lazamon and ABY, ABUY, to pay for, buy dear, and, in an ADOUN, down, GK. 254. AFFERE, countenance, demeanour, GG. 707. AFFRAY, fear, GG. 958. See FRAY. AGANE, probably a mistake for a GOME, a A-GAYN, towards, ac. 232. See A3AYN. |