Note 437 — Chapter IV · SKETCH OF THE HISTORY OF NORMANDY DURING THE TENTH CENTURY.[188] (continued 2)

Neither Richer—he was not likely—nor Rudolf Glaber speaks of Richard at all. Dudo, oddly enough, passes by the whole business very briefly; “Nec illud prætereundum quod, Lothario rege defuncto [he forgets Lewis], Hugo dux inthronizatus voluit super Albertum comitem equitare.” (155 D.) William of Jumièges is fuller; “Mortuo Francorum rege Lothario, in illius loco ab omnibus subrogatur Hugonis Magni ducis filius Hugo Capeth, adminiculante ei duce Richardo.” (iv. 19.) The Roman de Rou (5823) is fuller still;

“Par defaute de son lignage,

O le cunseil del grant barnage,

E por la force de Richart,

Par son conseil e par son art,

Fu Hugon Chapes recéu,

Et en France pour rei tenu ...

Par Richart è par sa valor,

Ki éu aveit sa seror,

Par sun cunseil è par s’amur

Fu de France Huon seignur.”