Note 1429 — Chapter XV · THE NORMAN INVASION AND THE CAMPAIGN OF HASTINGS.[1055] (continued 2)
Reading edition
Roman de Rou, 13751–13764. This story is told with great spirit. The four last lines run;
“Maiz li Engleiz l’avironerent,
Od lor gisarmes le tuerent:
Là fu trové quant il fu quis,
Lez l’estandart mort et occis.”
On his kindred to Ralph of Tesson (see vol. ii. p. 256) see Prevost’s note, ii. 265.