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Oleway. In Reyn. Havi. Clearly not one of the early
names.

Bruel, Brunel in Reyn., not in Rein. or Ren. In
Reineke Vos Alhett. Again a late invention.

Baldwin. In Rein. Baldewin. One of the earliest
names of the Cycle.

Bortle. In Reyn. Boore ; in Ren. Bruiant.

P. 68. FPartlet. See supra, note on p. 12.

CHAPTER XI

P. 69. Reynard Arrested. en. br. VII. Not in
Rein., but well told in Rey.

CHAPTER XII

P. 74. Reynard’s Confession. For occurrences in
comparative literature, see chap. xi. The skill with which
Reynard extracts himself from his perilous position is,
perhaps, the most characteristic passage in the whole book.
Not even Antony before the Roman mob has chosen so
deftly the most effective of arguments.

P. 77. What can the whole world. Reynard can quote
Scripture for his own purposes.

P. 78. King Lrmerick. The great hoard of the
Nibelungen, renowned in Teutonic myth.

P. 79. £7fe. In Reyn. Waes, a district in Flanders.

P. 80. Acon. Aix-la-Chapelle. German Aachen.

P. go. Received the straw. In all transfers of real
property under Roman and Feudal Law some material
object, supposed to be taken from the land, was almost