65-68).
[I have discussed the various versions of Arthur's stay in Avalon in
_Studies in Fairy Mythology_, chapter III. On Avalon, see _id._, p. 40,
note 2. On the early belief in Arthur's return to earth, see Geoffrey
of Monmouth (_Everyman's Library_), Introduction, p. 10.]
NOTES:
[1] i.e., Paris, in the Ile de France. Vs. 10440 ff.
[2] Vs. 16530 ff.
[3] _Roman de Rou_, vs. 6415 ff.
[4] _Roman de Brut_, vs. 10038 ff.
[5] _Id._, vs. 7733 ff.
[6] _Id._, vs. 11472 ff. Cf. for other examples: Arthur's
conquest of Denmark, _Historia_, ix. 11; _Brut_, vs. 10123 ff.; Arthur's
return to Britain from France, _Historia_, ix. 11; _Brut_, vs. 10427 ff.;
Arthur's coronation, _Historia_, ix. 12 ff.; _Brut_, vs. 10610 ff.
[7] Vs. 13149 ff.
[8] See _Excursus II_.
[9] Vs. 11048 ff.
[10] See _Excursus III_.
[11] Vs. 1 ff.
[12] Layamon's statement that he "read books" at Arnley is
interpreted to mean that he read the services in the church.
[13] The poem is written in part in alliterative lines on the
Anglo-Saxon system, in part in rhymed couplets of unequal length.
[14] Vs. 18086 ff.
[15] Vs. 20110 ff. More famous speeches still are Arthur's
comparison of Childric the Dane to a fox (vs.
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