Note 788 — Chapter VIII · THE EARLY YEARS OF WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR.[497] A.D. 1028–1051. (continued 2)
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Ib. 9173;
“E Franceiz Normanz envaïr,
E Normanz torner è guenchir.
So 9266;
“Franceiz de tutes parz espeissent,
Normanz décheient è décreissent.”
We must remember that all the local feelings of Wace, a native of Jersey and Canon of Bayeux, would be on the side of the rebels, however much they might be balanced by loyalty to the memory of the great William.