Book XII. =M.= gives the account of Lancelot's frenzy and subsequent

cure. Here =D. L.= agrees with =M.= in saying that Lancelot strikes the shield as if X. knights did it, whereas both =S.= and =1533= give XII. Later on =D. L.= is alone against the other three in saying that Lancelot has only his ankles fettered, whereas the other three versions give ankles and wrists. Nevertheless here I think =D. L.= is right, as when Lancelot rushes after the boar both =S.= and =1533= agree in saying that he breaks the rings on his ankles, and make no mention of those on the wrist. Again =D. L.= makes no mention of hunters, the horse Lancelot takes he finds tied at the castle gate. As later on, when he comes up with the quarry no hunters are mentioned in any version, I think it probable that they were not in the original, but introduced later by some copyist to account for the boar.

At this point =D. L.= departs abruptly from the other versions, taking up the Perceval story. It is impossible to say whether this be due to a _lacuna_ in the source, which the compiler filled up as he pleased, or whether this really represents an important (and apparently lost) _Lancelot_ redaction. In the remainder of the incidents represented by this book =1533= agrees on the whole with =S.=, with this important difference, that it makes it quite clear throughout that there is a period of some years involved. The reader quite understands all the details of Galahad's arrival at the abbey, his age, etc. Very probably the compiler of =1513= (Dr. Sommer's source) condensed here, as elsewhere, thus causing the confusion noted on p. 205 of the _Studies_.