In the Romance of Octovian Imperator it is said of Florent,
At wrestelyng, and at ston castynge
He wan the prys, without lesynge;
Ther n’as nother old ne yynge
So mochell of strength,
That myght the ston to hys but bryng,
Bi fedeme lengthe.
—l. 895.
It is singular enough, that the circumstance of Havelok’s throwing the stone, mentioned in the Romance, should have been founded on, or preserved in, a local tradition, as attested by Robert of Brunne, p. 26.
Men sais in Lyncoln castelle ligges ȝit a stone,