Note 1294 — Chapter XV · THE NORMAN INVASION AND THE CAMPAIGN OF HASTINGS.[1055] (continued 2)
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Will. Malms. iii. 242. “Ministrorum tumultu loricam inversam indutus, casum risu correxit, ‘Vertetur,’ inquiens, ‘fortitudo comitatûs mei in regnum.’” So Roman de Rou, 12665;
“Li nom ki ert de Duché
Veneiz de Duc a Rei torné;
Reis serai ki Duc ai esté,
N’en aiez mie altre pensé.”
The Battle Chronicler attributes the witty saying to William Fitz-Osbern.