Note 1363 — Chapter XV · THE NORMAN INVASION AND THE CAMPAIGN OF HASTINGS.[1055] (continued 2)
Reading edition
Flor. Wig. 1066. “Ab horâ diei tertiâ.” So Roman de Rou, 13265;
“Dez ke tierce del jor entra,
Ke la bataille comença,
De si ke none trespassa
Fust si de si, fust si de là,
Ke nus ne sout lequel veincreit,
Ne ki la terre cunquerreit.”
But I cannot help noticing the tendency to make the hours of battles and of other great events coincide with the hours of the Church.