Note 763 — Chapter XIII · THE NEGOTIATIONS OF DUKE WILLIAM.[752] January–August, 1066.
Reading edition
Ib. 10997;
“Quant li Dus ot bien escolté,
E tute sout la vérité
...
Semblant fist d’home corocié.
L’ovre del boiz a tut lessié,
Sovant a sun mantel lacié,
E sovent l’a destachié;
Ne il à home ne parla,
Ne home à il parler n’osa.”
All these graphic details are peculiar to Wace. Benoît (36672) is much shorter.