[5] Id., vs. 7733 ff.
[6] Id., vs. 11472 ff. Cf. for other examples: Arthur's conquest of Denmark, Historia, ix. 11; Brut, vs. 10123 ff.; Arthur's return to Britain from France, Historia, ix. 11; Brut, vs. 10427 ff.; Arthur's coronation, Historia, ix. 12 ff.; Brut, vs. 10610 ff.
[7] Vs. 13149 ff.
[8] See Excursus II.
[9] Vs. 11048 ff.
[10] See Excursus III.
[11] Vs. 1 ff.
[12] Layamon's statement that he "read books" at Arnley is interpreted to mean that he read the services in the church.
[13] The poem is written in part in alliterative lines on the Anglo-Saxon system, in part in rhymed couplets of unequal length.
[14] Vs. 18086 ff.