CHAPTER III

LANCELOT ET LE CERF AU PIED BLANC

Summary of poem 30-32

_Lai de Tyolet_--Older variant, but real nature of story even then obscured 32-34

'False Claimant' _motif_ foreign to original _Lai_ 34-35

Influence of _Tristan_ noticeable in the _Morien_ variant-- Possible connection with _Lai_ 35-38

Reasons for omission of adventure in later versions 38-39