Note 475 — Chapter VII · FROM THE ELECTION OF EADWARD TO THE BANISHMENT OF GODWINE.[1] 1042–1051. (continued 3)
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Will. Malms. ii. 199. “Ne scilicet omnibus suis parentibus patriam suspirantibus sola sterteret in plumâ.” This odd phrase sounds like a real sneer of some contemporary Frenchman.