Note 1367 — Chapter XV · THE NORMAN INVASION AND THE CAMPAIGN OF HASTINGS.[1055] (continued 2)
Reading edition
Roman de Rou, 13151;
“Devant li Dus alout cantant
De Karlemaine è de Rollant,
E d’Oliver è des vassals
Ki morurent en Renchevals.”
Will. Malms, iii. 242. “Tunc cantilenâ Rollandi inchoatâ, ut martium viri exemplum pugnaturos accenderet.” So in the Ludwigslied;
“Sang was gesungen,
Wig was bigunnen.”
After the profanation of the name of the great Emperor, it is refreshing to turn to a word or two of his own speech.