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The Romaunce of the Sowdone of Babylone and of Ferumbras His Sone Who Conquerede Rome

Note 37 — INTRODUCTION. ◊

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This edition, although printed from the MS. a, may be said to represent a group (w) of four MSS., called a b c d (see above xv). Another group (z) is formed by the MSS. E and D. Both groups belong to the same type y. Cf. Grœber, Die handschriftlichen Gestaltungen der chanson de geste Fierabras, Leipzig, 1869, p. 27, where we find the following stemma:

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