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The history of the Norman conquest of England, its causes and its results, Volume 2 (of 6)

Note 1406 — Chapter X · THE REIGN OF EADWARD FROM THE DEATH OF THE ÆTHELING TO THE DEATH OF THE KING.[1258] 1057–1066.

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Chron. Wig. “And Harold hit [Gruffydd’s head] þam kynge brohte, and his scipes heafod and þa bone þermid.” I do not know what the “bone” means. The Biographer (426) says nothing about the death of Gruffydd, but is eloquent about the spoil, especially the

“Proram cum puppi, pondus grave scilicet auri,

Artificum studio fusile multiplici.”

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