[1033] Wace, 15458;
“Vers Lundres fist sa gent torner,
Kar là kuidont li reis trover.”
[1034] Our geography comes from Wace, whom I must now quote in the new edition of Dr. Andresen (10373, answering to 15460 in the edition of Pluquet);
“Al bois de Hantone esteient ia
Quant li dus un home encontra,
Qui li dist que li reis ueneit,
Ultre le bois l’encontrereit;
Ultre le bois li reis l’atent.”
Here the word is Hantone in both texts, but directly after (10393) we read in Andresen, “Al bois de Altone trespasser,” where Pluquet has Hantone. This he explains to be “Hampton, dans le comté de Middlesex.” If Hantone were the right reading, it would of course mean Southampton, but we may be quite sure that Andresen’s second reading Altone is what Wace wrote in both places. I had myself thought of Alton before I saw the new text, but I must confess that I have not studied this Hampshire campaign on the spot, as I have studied those of Maine, Northumberland, Sussex, and Shropshire.