[75] Ibid., p. 490.
[76] 'The battle was lost through the error of those light-armed troops who, in disobedience to the King's orders, broke their line to pursue' (Ibid., 505).
[77] 'The day had now turned decidedly in favour of the invaders' (Ibid., 491). I am obliged to quote these two passages, because my opponents have not shrunk from impugning (Cont. Rev., 353; English Historical Review, ix. 70) the accuracy of the words in the text (which are from Q.R., July 1892, p. 17).
[78] Q.R., July 1893, 101.
[79] Norm. Conq., iii. 472.
[80] To have placed some of them as an advanced post on the 'small detached hill' in front would have been to leave them en l'air, exposed to certain destruction from an attack which they could not check. For Mr Freeman held that, even if occupied by an outpost, it was only by the 'light-armed'. (See Q.R., July 1893, pp. 99, 100.)
[81] On what ground are the Bretons so described? Guy, quoted by Mr Freeman (iii. 459) writes of them here: 'Gensque Britannorum quorum decus exstat in armis, Tellus ni fugiat est fuga nulla quibus'.
[82] I have replied in English Historical Review (ix. 255) to Miss Norgate's characteristic quibble (Ibid., p. 75) that these quotations apply to the Scottish army alone—for the principle applies alike to 'armati' and 'armatos', to 'milites' and to 'militibus'.
[83] Down to this point the present section is all reprinted from my original article (Q.R., July 1892), as not calling for any alteration or correction.
[84] 'The general mass of the less well-armed troops of the shire in the rear.' (England under the Angevin Kings, i. 290.)