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. p. 150, does Parzival connect the mention with the loss of his

own heritage. This seems to indicate that the special rôle assigned in this poem to the two brothers was not a part of the original story, and has not been perfectly fitted into the framework.

The name of Orilus' wife, Jeschuté, is supposed to be derived from a misunderstanding, Wolfram having interpreted the verb _gisoit_, lay, as a proper name.

Page 77, line 375--'_The knight Plihopleheri_.' A knight of the Round Table mentioned in Hartmann's _Iwein_ (founded on Chrêtien's _Chevalier au Lyon_, the subject-matter of which is the same as that of the Welsh _Lady of the Fountain_).

Page 78, line 409--This shaming of Jeschuté will strongly recall to English readers the story of _Enid and Geraint_.

Page 79, line 437--'_Siguné and Schionatulander_.' The loves of these two are related in Wolfram's unfinished poem of _Titurel_, where the full account of Schionatulander's fatal chase of the hound, or brachet, is given. The adventure with the weeping damsel occurs in other versions of the Perceval legend, but in none does she play so important a part as in the _Parzival_, _vide_ Book V . p. 141; Book IX . p. 252; and Book XVI . Her parentage is given in