Note 1584 — Chapter XVI · THE INTERREGNUM.[1503] October 15–December 25, 1066.
Reading edition
Wid. Amb. 723;
“Sed quia vix patulâ teneatur compede vulpes,
Fallitur a Rege fallere quem voluit.”
Cf. above, pp. 161, 488, but one is a little surprised at the comparison being made by William’s own laureate.