Note 533 — Chapter XII · THE LATER REIGN OF WILLIAM IN NORMANDY.[159] 1051–1066. (continued 2)
Reading edition
Orderic tells this story twice with slight differences. The first time (464 D) he makes Robert’s death happen while he is besieged by the Duke; “Pomo venenato, quod conjugi suæ vi rapuerat, comesto post quinque dies mortuus est.” The second time (478 C) he tells the story as I have given it in the text, but without any mention of the siege, and with the important addition “uxore contradicente comedit.” The important point of course is how far Adelaide, and how far through her her kinsman the Duke, contemplated the death of Robert or of any one else.