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NOTES AND QUERIES. [2nd s. v. no., apml lo. '58 . 



Chassant, one of the most distinguished of French biblio- 

 graphers, endeavours to ascertain the authorship of the 

 celebrated metrical tale known as ie Roman du Chdtelain 

 de Coucy et de la Dame de Fayel. Before taking leave of 

 the reader, the anonymous songster thus expresses his in- 

 tention of weaving, so to say, his own name in the tex- 

 ture of the poem, but so obscurely that no one will be 

 able to discover it : — 



" Et mon nom rimerai ausy 

 Si c'on ne s'en percevra, 

 Qui I'engien trouver ne sara, 

 J 'en suis certain." 



Now, M. Chassant takes the concluding twenty-two 

 lines of the tale, and finds in them two Acrostics, giving 

 respectively the words Jacques and Saquespe, which he 

 says must be the Christian name and the surname of the 

 poet. As a corroborative proof of the correctness of this 

 statement, we may remark that the Nobiliaire Genealo- 

 gique et Alphab6tique de la Province de Picardie furnishes 

 the lineage of the Sacquespee family. The Roman du 

 Chdtelain de Coucy, besides, is written in the Picard idiom. 

 Subjoined are the lines in question : — 



" Ot pour y tant qu'amours m'a pris, 

 Et en son service m'a mis. 

 En I'onnour d'une dame gente 

 Ai-je mis mon cceur et m'entente, 

 A rimer cette istoire cy. 

 (E)t mon nom rimeray ausy 

 f S)i c'on ne s'en percevra. 

 (QU)i I'engien trouver ne sara: 

 (IJ'en suis certain, car n'afFerroit 

 (A) personne qui fait I'arroit, 

 C'on le tenroit h vanterie. 

 Espoir ou en melancolie. 

 Mfes se celle pour qui fait I'ay 

 En set nouvelle, bien le say. 

 Si li plaist bien guerredonne, 

 (S)era mfes qu'el re9oive en gre 

 (A)li m'otri et me present, 

 (QU)en face son commandement. 

 (E)n lui ai mis tout mon sonlas. 

 (S)'on chant souvent et haut et has. 

 (E)t liement me maintenray 

 (P)our luy tant comme viveray." 



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