Note 1389 — Chapter XV · THE NORMAN INVASION AND THE CAMPAIGN OF HASTINGS.[1055] (continued 2)
Reading edition
Roman de Rou, 13243;
“Quant Odes li boen corunez,
Ki de Baieues ert sacrez,
Poinst, si lor dist, Estez, estez;
Séiez en paiz, ne vos movez;
N’aiez poor de nule rien,
Kar se Dex plaist nos veincron bien.
Issi furent asséuré,
Ne se sunt mie remué.
Odes revint puignant arière
U la bataille esteit plus fière,
Forment i a li jor valu.”
He is very plainly shown in the Tapestry, pl. 15; “Hic Odo Episcopus, baculum tenens, confortat pueros.” Odo is most prominent in the two authorities connected with his own church.