Note 1290 — Chapter XV · THE NORMAN INVASION AND THE CAMPAIGN OF HASTINGS.[1055] (continued 2)
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Ib. 12627;
“Vint Willame li filz Osber,
Son cheval tot covert de fer;
Sire, dist-il, trop demoron.”
Wace is here guilty of an anachronism, as the horses in the Tapestry are not covered with armour. See Taylor’s note, 163.