[19] Ibid., i. 289.
[20] 'Dum murum illius destruere moliretur' (quoted from Florence, on i., p. 309).
[21] Quoted from Florence, on i., p. 315.
[22] It seems possible, at least, that they might describe a direct attack on the foot of the walls.
[23] I would here compare William's description of the Conqueror's 'peaceful progress' to London after his great victory, which better evidence, Mr Freeman observed, 'quite upsets' (iii. 533).
[24] Essays, 1st series.
[25] Exeter, p. 36.
[26] Norm. Conq., iii. 412.
[27] Ibid., iii. 536-7.
[28] 'Supplicia pro reatu nimis metuebant.'