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8 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 G 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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