Mes li prodoms estoit finiz,

Et la Dame q’is out nurriz.

Kelloc sa fille i ont trouée,

Vn marchant l’out esposée.

The marriage of Kelloc, Grim’s daughter, with a merchant is skilfully intro­duced in the French, and naturally leads to the mention of Denmark. The plot of the English story is wholly dissimilar in this respect.

[1247.] On the nith, &c. Comp. the Fr. l. 381.

Quant couché furent ambedui,

Cele out grant honte de lui,

Et il assez greindre de li.

As deuz se geut, si se dormi.