Note 1371 — Chapter XV · THE NORMAN INVASION AND THE CAMPAIGN OF HASTINGS.[1055] (continued 2)
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Roman de Rou, 13193;
“Normanz escrient; Dex aïe;
La gent englesche, Ut s’escrie.”
Compare the dying words of Lewis the Pious in the Astronomer’s Life (64, Pertz, ii. 648); “Bis dixit, Hutz, hutz, quod significat foras. Unde patet quia malignum spiritum vidit,” &c. The English had to drive out less ghostly foes.