Note 499 — Chapter XII · THE LATER REIGN OF WILLIAM IN NORMANDY.[159] 1051–1066. (continued 2)
Reading edition
Roman de Rou, 10405;
“Munté fu de suz Basteborc,
Vit Varavile è vit Caborc,
Vit les marez, vit les valées
De plusors païs lunges è lées.”
Wace alone mentions the names Varaville and Bastebourg. I visited the battle-field in May 1868 in company with my friend M. Le Gost of Caen, and I can, as at Val-ès-Dunes and everywhere else, bear witness to the accuracy of Wace’s local description.