Note 1542 — Chapter XVI · THE INTERREGNUM.[1503] October 15–December 25, 1066.
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Wid. Amb. 603;
“Est ibi mons altus, strictum mare, littus opacum;
Hinc hostes citiùs Anglica Regna petunt.
Sed castrum Doveræ pendens a vertice montis,
Hostes rejiciens, littora tuta facit.”
William of Poitiers also (140) enlarges on the strength of the position; “Situm est id castellum in rupe mari contiguâ, quæ naturaliter acuta undique ad hoc ferramentis elaborata incisa, in speciem muri directissimâ altitudine, quantum sagittæ jactus permetiri potest, consurgit, quo in latere undâ marinâ alluitur.”