[251] It may be said indeed, that, in the following reign, the Danes under Osbiorn (brother of King Sweyn), sailed up the Humber; but it was to assist the English, not to invade them. They were bought off by the Normans,—not conquered.
[252] The Saxons sat at meals with their heads covered.
[253] Henry.
[254] Palgrave—"Hist. of Anglo-Saxons."
[255] Palgrave—"Hist. of Anglo-Saxons."
[256] The battle-field of Hastings seems to have been called Senlac, before the Conquest, Sanguelac after it.
[257] Traitor-messenger.
[258] "Ne meinent od els chevalier,
Varlet a pie De eskuier;
Ne nul d'els n'a armes portee,
Forz sol escu, lance, et espee."
Roman de Rou, Second Part, v. 12, 126.
[259] "Ke d'une angarde [eminence] u ils 'estuient
Cels de l'ost virent, ki pres furent."
Roman de Rou, Second Part, v. 12, 126.
[260] Midnight.