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FLEMINGS. Or Normans; Hereward enrolled among, to qualify for
knighthood, 339;
Hereward's trick on, with Fairy Bear, 341, 342
FOREFATHERS. Feelings of our, embodied in "Beowulf," 1
FORGALL THE WILY. Cuchulain wooes Emer, daughter of, 186
FRANCE. Victories of Charlemagne for, 119;
Charlemagne sets out for, 134
FRANKISH.
1. Warrior, Daghrefn, slays Hygelac, and is slain by Beowulf, 35.
2. Army marches towards Pyrenees, 134;
arrives too late to rescue Roland, 146
FRANKS. Charles the Great (Charlemagne), King of, 119;
Saracen host encamps near, 134;
and Moors meet in battle, 140;
defeat the Saracens, 141;
attacked by second Saracen army, 142;
defeat the heathens once more, 143;
attacked by third Saracen army, 144
FRENCH LITERATURE, developing "Roland Saga," 121
FRIAR TUCK. See Tuck
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GALERIUS. Constantine evades hatred of, 63;
grants Constantine title of "Caesar," 63
GAMELYN. Tale of, a variant of fairy-tale "Wicked Elder Brothers,"
204;
ultimate source, through Lodge's "Euphues' Golden Legacy," of
_As You Like It_, 204;
literary ancestor of "Robin Hood," 204;
Sir John of the Marshes, father of, 205;
left in charge of eldest brother, John, 206;
resists him, 207, 208;
victorious at wrestling match, 210, 211;
overcomes his brother's servants, 212;
allows himself to be chained, 213;
released by Adam Spencer, 214, 215;
batters the Churchmen, 217;
puts his brother John in chains, 217;
puts sheriff's men to flight, 218;
goes to the greenwood, 219;
joins the outlaws, 220;
proclaimed a wolf's-head, 220;
arrested, 221;
Otho offers himself as surety, 221;
fails to appear at court, 222, 223;
releases Otho, 223;
sits on judge's seat and condemns Sir John, 224;
made chief forester by King Edward, 224;
made Otho's heir, 224
GANELON. Romance version of Danilo or Nanilo, 121;
compared with Judas, 121;
one of Charlemagne's Twelve Peers, 125;
his hostility to Roland, 126;
plots with Blancandrin the destruction of Roland, 131;
delivers to Marsile the message of Charlemagne, 131, 132;
swears on sacred relics the treacherous death of Roland, 134;
delivers keys of Saragossa to Charlemagne, 134;
deceives Charlemagne concerning sound of Roland's horn, 145, 146;
arrested for tr
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