Note 675 — Chapter XII · THE LATER REIGN OF WILLIAM IN NORMANDY.[159] 1051–1066. (continued 3)
Reading edition
Will. Pict. 108. “Guidoni bene merito, qui, nec pretio nec violentiâ compulsus, virum quem torquere, necare, vendere potuisset pro libitu ipse ... sibi præsentavit, grates rettulit condignas, terras tradidit amplas ac multum opimas, addidit insuper in pecuniis maxima dona.” The position of the lands comes from the Roman de Rou, 10806;
“E li Dus li a fet aveir
Lez l’ewe d’Alne un bel maneir.”