v. 4. Syr Tyrmagant]—or Termagant,—a very furious deity, whom the Crusaders and romance-writers charged the Saracens with worshipping, though there was certainly no such Saracenic divinity. Concerning the name, see Gifford’s note on Massinger’s Works, ii. 125. ed. 1813, and Nares’s Gloss. in v.—So in The Flyting of Dunbar and Kennedy, which in various minute particulars bears a strong resemblance to the present pieces Against Garnesche;
“Termygantis temptis and Vespasius thy eme.”
Dunbar’s Poems, ii. 85. ed. Laing.
—— tyrnyd] i. e. tourneyed, encountered.
v. 5. Syr Frollo de Franko] Was a Roman knight, governor of Gaul, slain by King Arthur: see Geoffrey of Mon. l. ix. cap. ii., The Legend of King Arthur, Percy’s Rel. of A. E. P. iii. 39. ed. 1794, &c. &c.
—— talle] i. e. valiant.
v. 6. Syr Satrapas] Neither with this, nor with the personage mentioned in the next line, have I any acquaintance.
v. 8. haue ye kythyd yow a knyght]—kythyd, i. e. made known, shewn.
“It kythit be his cognisance ane knight that he wes.”
Golagros and Gawane, p. 137, Syr Gawayne, &c. ed. Bann.