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[ It was not uncommon in old French romances and epic poems for knights to be subjected to the mockery and raillery of the vulgar townspeople (cf. "Aiol", 911-923; id. 2579-2733; and even Moliere in "Monsieur de Pourceaugnac", f. 3).]
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[ For magic beds with descending swords, see A. Hertel, "Versauberte Oertlichkeiten", etc., p. 69 f. (Hanover, 1908).]
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[ The wounded knight is the defeated seneschal.]
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[ Mediaeval knights were such early risers as to cause us astonishment!]
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[ Lancelot has constantly in mind the Queen, for whose sake he is enduring all this pain and shame.]