Note 1509 — Chapter XVI · THE INTERREGNUM.[1503] October 15–December 25, 1066.
Reading edition
Roman de Rou, 13986;
“Engleiz ki del champ eschaperent,
De si à Lundres ne finerent:
Ço diseient è so creimeient
Ke li Normanz prez les sueient.”
He goes on to say that many were drowned through their eagerness to cross the bridge into the city.