Note 1111 — Chapter XV · THE NORMAN INVASION AND THE CAMPAIGN OF HASTINGS.[1055]
Reading edition
These last details come from Wace, 11579;
“Poiz unt tant li covent préié
Ke la chasse Saint-Valeri
Mistrent as chams sor un tapi.
Als cors saint vinrent tuit orer
Cil ki debveient mer passer;
Tant i ont tuit deniers offert,
Tot li cors saint en ont covert.”
The bringing out of the body of the saint, which evidently made a deep impression, is also recorded by William of Poitiers (125), Orderic (500 B), and William of Malmesbury (iii. 238). Guy of Amiens, whom we should have expected to be eloquent on the subject, holds his peace.