Note 431 — Chapter XII · THE LATER REIGN OF WILLIAM IN NORMANDY.[159] 1051–1066. (continued 2)
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Roman de Rou, 10035;
“Normanz gardouent les iessues,
E li trepas as chiefs des rues.”
So Benoît, 35404. He tells us (35399);
“E li mortel brait sunt si grant
Que l’om n’i oïst Deu tonant.”
Compare Giovanni Villani’s (xii. 66. Murat. xiii. 948) description of the bombards at Crecy; “Che facieno si grande tremuoto e romore, che parea che Iddio tonasse.”