[42] Sir F. Madden remarks that Sir Stephen does not appear in the Round Table Romances.
[43] [Perhaps intended for Bedver, the King's Constable, Tennyson's Bedivere, but more probably Ban of Benoyk, the brother of Bors.]
[44] [Bors de Gauves, or Gaunes.]
[45] [Gareth, or Gaheret, Sir Gawain's younger brother.]
[46] [neck.]
III.
KING RYENCE'S CHALLENGE.
This song is more modern than many of those which follow it, but is placed here for the sake of the subject. It was sung before queene Elizabeth at the grand entertainment at Kenelworth-castle in 1575, and was probably composed for that occasion. In a letter describing those festivities, it is thus mentioned: "A Minstral came forth with a sollem song, warranted for story out of K. Arthur's acts, whereof I gat a copy, and is this:
"So it fell out on a Pentecost, &c."