Note 1386 — Chapter XV · THE NORMAN INVASION AND THE CAMPAIGN OF HASTINGS.[1055] (continued 2)
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Ib. “Fugientibus occurrit et obstitit, verberans aut minans hastâ.” So Guy, 445;
“Dux ubi perspexit quod gens sua victa recedit,
Occurrens illi signa ferendo manu,
Increpat et cædit, retinet, constringit et hastâ.”
Yet it is at this moment that the Tapestry (pl. 15, “Hic est Willelm Dux”) shows him in the most marked way with his mace.