[15] He even spoke of it as 'the main castle' (Arch. Journ., xl. 359).
[16] Miss Norgate (Angevin Kings) follows him, speaking of their assailants striving 'to assault them as if besieging a fortress'. One is reminded of Mr Freeman's remark as to Hastings, that Harold turned 'the battle as far as possible into the likeness of a siege' (see above).
[17] 'Men ranged so closely together in the thick array of the shield-wall' (iii. 471).
[18] Cont. Rev., March 1893.
[19] English Historical Review, ix. 12.
[20] My detailed reply to Mr Archer's attempt to confuse the 'fosse' and the palisade will be found in Ibid., ix. 213, 214.
[21] He paraphrased 'escuz de fenestres è d'altres fuz' as 'firm barricades of ash and other timber'.
[22] I supply the passage in square brackets (the italics are my own) from the earlier volume to explain Mr Freeman's reference.
[23] Quarterly Review, July 1892, p. 14.
[24] I am loth to introduce into the text the wearisome details of controversy, especially where they are nihil ad rem, and have no bearing on my argument. But, lest I should be charged with ignoring any defence of Mr Freeman, I will briefly explain in this note the attitude adopted by his champions.