Note 341 — Chapter III · ANJOU AND BLOIS. 987–1044.
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“Vulgo, sed parum Latine, cognominari Evigilans-canem pro ingenti probitate promeruit. Nam ... in eundem [sc. Fulconem] arma levans nocturnas expeditiones crebro agebat, et Andegavenses homines et canes in ipsâ urbe, vel in munitioribus oppidis terrebat, et horrendis assultibus pavidos vigilare cogebat.” Ord. Vit. (Duchesne, Hist. Norm. Scriptt.) p. 532. It is however only fair to add that in another place (ib. p. 487) Orderic says Herbert “vulgo Evigilans-canem cognominabatur, propter gravissimas infestationes quas a perfidis affinibus suis Andegavensibus incessanter patiebatur”—as if he kept the Cenomannian dogs awake to give notice of the enemy’s approach, we must suppose.