In the old Provençal manuscript quoted by Raynouard, Choix de Poésies Originales des Troubadours , V 444, Sordello’s biography is thus given:⁠—

“Sordello was a Mantuan of Sirier, son of a poor knight, whose name was Sir El Cort. And he delighted in learning songs and in making them, and rivalled the good men of the court as far as possible, and wrote love-songs and satires. And he came to the court of the Count of Saint Boniface, and the Count honored him greatly, and by way of pastime (

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