Note 1453 — Chapter XV · THE NORMAN INVASION AND THE CAMPAIGN OF HASTINGS.[1055] (continued 2)
Reading edition
Wid. Amb. 557;
“Vesper erat, jam cardo diem volvebat ad umbras,
Victorem fecit quum Deus esse Ducem.
Solum devictis nox et fuga profuit Anglis,
Densi per latebras et tegimen nemoris.”