| [114] | On 23rd December, 1069. |
| [115] | In the Saxon fashion. |
| [116] | The Stoke or Wissey enters the Ouse near Hilgay, or about a mile above Denver Sluice. (See [map].) |
| [117] | They still fondly clung to the idea that Harold was not slain, but only hidden from his enemies. |
| [118] | Hight, called—(a perfect form of Sax. Hatan, to call). |
| [119] | The Guiscards had conquered (1059) Calabria and conciliated the Holy See by granting to it Benevento. It may be noted that the influence of this invasion of the Norman adventurers was felt till a very recent period in Italy—as the contention between the Papal and Neapolitan governments about the possession of Benevento lasted till the present century—the dispute, in fact, gave Napoleon I. a pretext for seizing the duchy, which he did in 1806, and conferred it upon Talleyrand. |
| [120] | This refers to Ætna, which is called Monte Gibello by the Sicilians. |
| [121] | Latin, a hood. |
| [122] | Italian, cámice, properly, a priest’s garment of white linen, but camicia was the shirt. |
| [123] | See [Note] page [33]. |