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Note 170 — Chapter III · THE MINSTREL LIFE

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Guy of Amiens, de Bello Hastingensi (†1068), 391, 399:

‘Histrio, cor audax nimium quem nobilitabat ... ... Incisor-ferri mimus cognomine dictus.’

Wace, Roman de Rou (†1170) (ed. Andresen, iii. 8035):

‘Taillefer, ki mult bien chantout, Sor un cheval ki tost alout, Devant le duc alout chantant De Karlemaigne et de Rolant Et d’Oliver et des vassals Qui morurent en Rencevals.’

Cf. Freeman, Norman Conquest, iii. 477.

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