Note 927 — Chapter XIII · THE NEGOTIATIONS OF DUKE WILLIAM.[752] January–August, 1066. (continued 2)
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The banner is mentioned by most writers. Will. Pict. 123. “Vexillum accepit [Willelmus] ejus [Alexandri] benignitate, velut suffragium Sancti Petri; quo primo confidentiùs ac tutiùs invaderet adversarium.” Ord. Vit. 493 C. “Vexillum Sancti Petri Apostoli, cujus meritis ab omni periculo defenderetur, transmisit.” Will. Malms. iii. 238. “Papa vexillum in omen regni Willelmo contradidit.” So Wace, u. s., and Benoît, 36807. Wace calls it “gonfanon,” Benoît “enseigne.”