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where the second line has been preferred to the first because it contains
the definite faet that the emperor is more than 200 years old, whereas the
first line has a more general description of his great age. Another example
is vv. 1397-98:
1397: Franc e paien merveilus colps i rendent.
1398: Fierent li un, li altre se defendent.
Kms:-----ok ymsir hoggva ok ymsir verja (thus Bb and S, a diff.,
p. 5125, cp. S p. 27316).
Cp. also vv. 2019-20:
Falt li le coer, le helme li embrunchet,
Trestut le cors a la tere li justet.
Kms: Ok lagSist siSan til jarfiar ok andaSist (p. 52030).
Omitted verses of this type are: vv. 511, 523, 598, 657, 665-67, 700,
792, 1397, 1583, 1672, 1677-78, 1729, 1746, 1829, 2019, 2032, 2051,
2069, 2140, 2163, 2190, 2239, 2257, 2279, 2450, 2531.
The omission of repetitions does not usually mean that the whole pas-
sage in question is omitted, only that the translator has shortened it by
leaving out some of the details. He may also leave out a line which has
been translated earlier, even if the context is different, e.g. after the Sara-
cens have sworn to fight against Roland (vv. 609—15), the following verse,
616: Guenes respunt: “Ben seit vostre comant!”
is omitted, probably because in the laisse before this one, after Marsilie
had asked Ganeion to help them, the traitor answers in a verse which
resembles v. 616:
606: Qo respunt Guenes: “Issi seit eum vos plaist!”
and this verse is translated:
Guinelun svaraSi: “[>at skal at f>inum vilja vera”, segir hann (p. 49734_3B, Bb only).
A third verse of the same kind, v. 625, is also omitted.
Omissions of this type are: w. 80 and 93 (cp. 72), 148-51 (cp. 41-43),
187 (cp. 134-35), 189 (cp. 155), 224 (cp. 136add.), 266-67 (cp. 197
add.), 307 (cp. 288), 436 (cp. 330add. and C 450-52), 441-42 (cp. 438-
39), 596-97 (cp. 577-78), 616 and 625 (cp. 606), 633 (cp. 626), 694 (cp.
188), 697 (cp. 432, 472), 775 (cp. 231), 841 (cp. 834, 823), 938 (cp.
928), 989 (cp. 969, 928), 1068 (cp. 1057), 1086-92 (cp. 1049-50 and
1053-58), 1140-42 (cp. 1137-39), 1209 (cp. 1193), 1258-59 (cp. 1211),