252 REYNARD THE FOX

-Leyn. Brun. ‘The name is to be referred to the colour of
bear-skin.

CHAPTER V

Bruin and the Honeycomb. fen. dr. I. 476-605.
Caxton, chap. viii. For the source, see Sudre, Joc. cit. pp.
180-188.

P. 25. Honeycombs. Both in Russian and Finnish,
one of the popular names of the bear is ‘Honey Eater.’

P. 26. Lanfert. One of the few names of men given
in the story. In fen. it is written Lanfroi.

P. 28. Head into the cleft. A similar incident occurs in
the Fables of Bidpat. See my edition, in the Bibl de
Carabas, p. 73, and references, p. Ixxi.

P. 36. Dieu vous garde. In the old Flemish original it
was Dieu vo saut.

CHAPTER VI

Embassage of Tibert. ew. dr. XV., Caxton, chap. x.

P. 41. St Martin’s birds. The learned are not at one
as to which birds these are. Some say the crow, some the
goose, while others produce evidence of a wren, with long
legs, named after St. Martin.

Skilful tn augurism. As is well known, the Ancients
drew auguries from the side on which certain birds
appeared. When starting on a journey the left was
considered unlucky, cf. Hopf, Dhierorakel und Orakelthiere
(Stuttgart, 1888).

CHAPTER VII
Continuation of Tibert’s Embassage (see chap. vi.).

P. 48. /ullock. She was Bane, the priest’s wife, a little
while before (see p. 33).