p. 10, l. [332]. Destruction, l. 1057:
“Mais tot le premier bail ont Sarrasin poeple.”
p. 10, l. [336]. discumfiture, “defeat.” See below, note to l. 1320.
p. 10, l. [339]. ryme, “to speak loudly, to cry.” O.E. hrêman or hrŷman. See Stratmann, p. 322.
p. 10, l. [340]. French text (l. 1063):
“De V. M. ne remendrent que iiiC sans fausser.”
See note to l. 67.
p. 10, l. [341]. twelfe : selve; f and v very often stand for one another, see Introduction on p. xliii.
p. 10, l. [344]. shite : mette. See Ellis, Pronunc., I. 272, and Introduction, on p. xliv. Cf. also ll. 2054, 2963, 2960. by than = then; see Mätzner’s Wörterb. p. 217(2).
p. 11, l. [346]. Estragot or Astragot. This name is not to be found in the other versions, it only occurs in the Sowdan and in the Destruction; cf. Destr. l. 1090–4: