[837] Wace, 15194 seqq.;
“Jà esteit près del boiz venuz,
Quant un hoem est del boiz issuz,
Poiz vindrent dui, poiz vindrent trei,
Poiz noef, poiz dis à grant desrei,
Ki li distrent la mort li rei.”
Wace’s way of piling up numbers reminds us of his arithmetic at the assembly of Lillebonne. See N. C. vol. iii. p. 295.
[838] Ib.
“Et il ala mult tost poignant
La à il sout la dolor grant,