[Footnote 25: Most of the old romances were translated in
the xivth century into French prose, and soon became the
favorite amusement of the knights and ladies in the court of
Charles VI. If a Greek believed in the exploits of Rowland
and Oliver, he may surely be excused, since the monks of St.
Denys, the national historians, have inserted the fables of
Archbishop Turpin in their Chronicles of France.]