Note 1304 — Chapter XV · THE NORMAN INVASION AND THE CAMPAIGN OF HASTINGS.[1055] (continued 2)
Reading edition
Will. Pict. 133. “Britanni et quotquot auxiliares erant in sinistro cornu.” Roman de Rou, 12795;
“De l’altre part Alain Fergant
Et Aimeri li cumbatant,
Poitevinz meront è Bretons
E del Maine toz li Barons.”
Cf. Wid. Amb. 255;
“Gensque Britannorum quorum decus exstat in armis,
Tellus ni fugiat est fuga nulla quibus;
Viribus illustres Cenomanni, gloria quorum
Bello monstratur per probitatis opem.”