Note 1247 — Chapter XV · THE NORMAN INVASION AND THE CAMPAIGN OF HASTINGS.[1055]

Will. Gem. vii. 35. “Consilium istud, quod amicis ejus salubre videbatur sprevit, et germanum suum, qui fideliter ei consiliabatur, conviciis irritavit, matremque suam, quæ nimis ipsum retinere secum satagebat, pede procaciter percussit.” So Ord. Vit. 500 D. Wace, whose good taste and dramatic feeling places him high above all the other Norman writers, passes by this absurd tale, but it reappears in Benoît (37197);

“Vers sa mere fu mult eschis,

Qui chèrement fust à plaisir

Deu remaindre, deu retenir,

E tant l’en fist longe preiere

Qu’enverse la bota arière;

Tel il dona del pié el ventre.”