[559] The only entry which the Chronicler has on Rufus’ wars in Maine is the short one in 1099 (more was said about the expedition of the elder William in 1063), but some parts of the Norman war are given in great detail.
[560] See N. C. vol. v. pp. 543–563, 652–655.
[561] Ib. vol. iii. pp. 182–215.
[562] Ib. vol. iv. pp. 483, 557, 827.
[563] Ib. vol. iv. p. 652.
[564] Ib. vol. iv. pp. 635, 657.
[565] N. C. vol. iv. p. 563.
[566] Ord. Vit. 673 C. “Normannorum dux et Cœnomannorum princeps nomine tenus multis annis factus est.”
[567] Ord. Vit. 531 A. “Cœnomanis, a canina rabie dicta, urbs est antiqua, et plebs ejus finitimis procax et sanguinolenta, dominisque suis semper contumax et rebellionis avida.” Following the diphthongal spelling of the text, one might rather be tempted to derive the name from the commune or κοινόν set up by its men.