The English Historical Review 1894 Vol 9 Classic Reprint

Excerpt from The English Historical Review, 1894, Vol. 9 II. So much by way of preface. I will now proceed, first, to examine afresh 'the key of the position secondly, to examine the passage of William of Malmesbury Of which Mr. Round considers it to -be a paraphase; and thirdly, to set forth an interpretation of both and of the relation between them. And before doing so I will, for the sake of argument, give away to Mr. Round and the Quarterly Reviewer two points which I might well contest. (a) I will grant Mr. Round that Wace had William of Malmesbury in his mind when he wrote the crucial passage (although I certainly do not regard this as proved). (b) I will concede to the Quarterly Reviewer that the word escuz in the second place where it occurs in that passage (1. 7 823) stands for literal shields (although I do not consider this either as actually proved yet) 5 Thus I come out into the lists with both hands tied behind me - my right hand out Of consideration to Mr. Round and my left hand out Of consideration to the Quarterly Reviewer. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.