Note 6 — Chapter V · FAILURE TO GAIN THE ENGLISH CROWN
Reading edition
Suger, Vie de Louis le Gros, ed. Auguste Molinier (Paris, 1887), p. 8; Wace, Roman de Rou, ii, p. 432:
E al realme rei estoet, Kar sainz rei pas estre ne poet.
But Wace becomes quite incredible when he asserts that the bishops and barons forced the crown upon Henry, who desired to await Robert’s return.