Note 83 — PART I.
Reading edition
The passage which has furnished these lines is further curious, as it would seem to shew that the Fraternitas Armorum was not confined to the knightly order. These two English guisarmiers enter the field of Hastings under a similar compact to triumph or fall together:—
"Dous Engleiz vit mult orguillos, Ki s'esteient acumpaignié Por ço ke bien erent preisié. Ensemble debveient aler: Li uns debveit l'altre garder: En lor cols aveient levées Dui gisarmes lunges è lées."