Master Wace, His Chronicle of the Norman Conquest From the Roman De Rou
I VINT LI VIEL HUE DE GORNAI, ENSEMLE O LI SA GENT DE BRAI. Page 217.
TO HUDSON GURNEY, ESQ. THIS CHRONICLE OF THE NORMAN CONQUEST IS DEDICATED, IN TESTIMONY OF THE TRANSLATOR'S RESPECT AND REGARD.
CONCERNING THE AUTHOR OF THIS BOOK, SETTING FORTH HIS INTENT AND DEGREE
HOW WILLIAM BECAME DUKE; AND HOW HIS BARONS REVOLTED AGAINST HIM
HOW THE KING OF FRANCE CAME; AND THE BATTLE THAT WAS FOUGHT AT VAL DES DUNES
HOW CANUTE DIED, AND ALFRED FELL BY TREASON; AND HOW EDWARD AFTERWARDS BECAME KING
THE REVOLT OF WILLIAM OF ARQUES; AND HOW HE AND THE KING OF FRANCE WERE FOILED BY DUKE WILLIAM
HOW THE KING OF FRANCE INVADED NORMANDY, AND WAS BEATEN AT MORTEMER
HOW THE KING OF FRANCE CAME AGAIN AGAINST DUKE WILLIAM, AND WAS DEFEATED AT VARAVILLE
HOW WILLIAM PROSPERED, AND WENT TO ENGLAND TO VISIT KING EDWARD; AND WHO GODWIN WAS
OF HAROLD'S JOURNEY TO NORMANDY; AND WHAT HE DID THERE