James Halliwell-Phillipps

“ The following curious descriptive account of the interior of a chamber is taken from a manuscript of the fifteenth century in the Public Library at Cambridge, containing the metrical romance of Sir Degrevant. There is another copy of the same romance in the library of Lincoln cathedral, which furnishes a few variations. ”

“ In Craven, a thin wall, the stones of which are built on the edge, is called a par-point: in Scotland, a wall in general, and in Aberdeenshire the parapet of a bridge, is called a parpane. See Jamieson, supp. ”

“ Was nevere bede rychere
Of empryce ne qwene!
This romance, which contains several curious passages relating to the manners of the fourteenth century, will shortly be published by the Camden Society, with the variations afforded by the copy in the Lincoln manuscript.J. O. HALLIWELL.
↑ This term is mentioned in Sir Thopas and the ballad of Thomas of Ercildoun as the material of a saddle; and in the Turnament of Tottenham as having ornamented the head-dress of Tibbe. Its precise meaning does not seem to be known; but it is explained by Scott to be "the round bone of the knee." ↑ With. ”