Note 432 — Chapter XII · THE LATER REIGN OF WILLIAM IN NORMANDY.[159] 1051–1066. (continued 2)
Reading edition
Will. Gem. vii. 24. “Mane commissum bellum in continuâ cæde occumbentium ad usque nonam ab utrisque est protractis.” So Roman de Rou, 10039;
“Dez li matin soleil levant
Tresk’a none del jur passant.”
The war “in hieme ante Quadragesimam” (Ord. Vit. 658 A).