Note 540 — Chapter XII · THE LATER REIGN OF WILLIAM IN NORMANDY.[159] 1051–1066. (continued 2)

Bessin. Conc. Rot. Prov. 48. Pommeraye, 72. “Ut quotidie serò signi pulsu ad preces Deo fundendas quisque invitaretur, atque occlusis foribus domorum ultra vagari ampliùs vetitum admoneretur.” Cf. Palgrave, iii. 274. The reason given by the commentator is “ut furtis nocturnis caveretur.” The Fathers of this Synod are overflowing in their loyalty to their Duke, “qui quantâlibet locorum intercapedine a se invicem dissiti essent, quasi urbis unius concives sub Principe suo, non secus ac sub amantissimo patre-familias victuros invicem spoponderunt.”