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" must have been known to Wace, I will glance at some other coincidences. We have first the alleged landing of William at Hastings instead of Pevensey. On this Mr. Freeman observed : — Venit ad Pevenesa, says the Tapestry. So William of Poitiers and... "
Feudal England: Historical Studies on the XIth and XIIt Centuries - Page 410
by John Horace Round - 1895 - 587 pages
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The History of the Norman Conquest of England: Its Causes and Its Results

Edward A. Freeman - 1875 - 870 pages
...William of Malmesbury (iii. 238) says carelessly, "Placido cursu Hastingas appulerunt." So Wace (11618), who altogether reverses the geography, making the army land at Hastings and go to Pevensey afterwards. WILLIAM LANDS AT PEVENSEY. 403 on a vast mass of shingle, which, at some points, stretches...
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Feudal England: Historical Studies on the XIth and XIIth Centuries

John Horace Round - 1909 - 614 pages
...and William of Jumi'ges. William of Malmesbury says carelessly, Placido cursu Hastingas iippuhrunt. So Wace, who altogether reverses the geography, making the army land at Hastings and go to Pevensey afterwards." Here William of Malmesbury, who was probably using "Hastingas" as loosely as when he applied...
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