page 190 note § A Thane of Sussex.

page 191 note * See “Legend of Waltham,” Cott. MSS.

page 191 note † “De Inventione Sanctæ Crucis” (Stubbs), xviii.

page 192 note * Turner's, “History of England,” vol. ii., p. 406Google Scholar.

page 192 note † This refers to a trick of William, related by Hume:—“ In order to render the oath more obligatory, William employed an artifice well suited to the ignorance and superstition of the age. He secretly conveyed under the altar on which Harold agreed to swear, the relics of some of the most revered martyrs. And when Harold had taken the oath, he showed him the relics, and admonished him to observe religiously an engagement which had been ratified by so tremendous a sanction.” See Matt. Westminster.

page 192 note ‡ The Cott. MSS., Jul. D. 6, f. 101, show that the Norman army was four times as numerous as that of Harold.

page 193 note * See William of Malmesbury, and Cæsar's, Julius “Gallic War,” lib. v. c. p. 14Google Scholar.

page 193 note † “Wo's-heal” and “Drink-heal” resounded from their tents; “the wine-cups passed gaily round by the smoky blaze of the red watch-fires, while the ballad of ribald mirth was loudly sung by the carousers.” Palgrave's, “History of Normandy,” vol. iii. p. 313Google Scholar.

page 193 note ‡ Turner's “History of England.”

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page 194 note † ”Ordericus Vitalis,” vol. i., p. 484.

page 194 note ‡ Henry of Huntingdon, ”Chronicles,” p.212.

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page 196 note * “Ordericus Vitalis,” vol. i. p. 484.

page 197 note * “De Inventione Sanctæ Crucis” (Stubbs), 18.

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page 197 note ‡ “Chronicles of England” (Raymond), p. xxvii.

page 197 note § ”Chronicles of Battle Abbey” (Lower), p. 13.