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[ The same rare words "galerne" and "posterne" occur in rhyme in the "Roman de Thebes", 1471-72.]
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[ This qualified praise is often used in speaking of traitors and of Saracens.]
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[ The failure to identify the warriors is due to the fact that the knights are totally encased in armour.]
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[ A reference to the "Roman de Thebes", 1160 circ.]
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[ The disregard of Alis for his nephew Cligés is similar to that of King Mark for Tristan in another legend. In the latter, however, Tristan joins with the other courtiers in advising his uncle to marry, though he himself had been chosen heir to the throne by Mark. cf. J. Bedier, "Le Roman de Tristan", 2 vols. (Paris, 1902), i. 63 f.]