• “This William,” says Buti, being obliged to say something, “was a great prince, who fought and died for the faith of Christ; I have not been able to find out distinctly who he was.” The Ottimo says it is William, Count of Orange in Provence; who, after fighting for the faith against the Saracens, “took the cowl, and finished his life holily in the service of God; and he is called Saint William of the Desert.” He is the same hero, then, that figures in the old romances of the Twelve Peers of France, as Guillaume au Court Nez, or William of the Short Nose, so called from having had his nose cut off by a Saracen in battle. In the monorhythmic romance which bears his name, he is thus represented:⁠— “Great was the court in the hall of Loön, The tables were full of fowl and venison, On flesh and fish they feasted every one; But Guillaume of these viands tasted none, Brown crusts ate he, and water drank alone. When had feasted every noble baron, The cloths were removed by squire and scullion. Count Guillaume then with the king did thus reason: ‘What thinketh now,’ quoth he, ‘the gallant Charlon?