Note 1412 — Chapter XV · THE NORMAN INVASION AND THE CAMPAIGN OF HASTINGS.[1055] (continued 2)
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Guy of Amiens (425) marks clearly what troops they were who broke their order;
“Rustica lætatur gens et superâsse putabat,
Post tergum nudis insequitur gladiis.”
William of Poitiers (135) is here very graphic; “Barbaris cum spe victoriæ ingens lætitia exorta est. Sese cohortantes exsultantè clamore nostros maledictis increpabant, et minabantur cunctos illicò ruituros esse.”