Note 266 — Chapter XII · THE LATER REIGN OF WILLIAM IN NORMANDY.[159] 1051–1066.
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Roman de Rou, 9665;
“Li Dus por satisfacion,
Ke Deus l’en face veir pardon,
E ke l’Apostoile cunsente
Ke tenir poisse sa parente,
Fist cent provendes establir
A cent povres paistre è vestir,
As meshaigniez, as non poanz,
As langoros, as non véanz,
A Chiéresborc et à Roem,
A Baieues et à Caem;
Encore i sunt et encor durent
Issi come establies furent.”
On the blind hospital at Caen, see Hippeau, p. 4. Were persons admissible whose eyes had been put out by the Duke’s own authority?