It was very hotly contested.

King Henry, unhorsed by a lance-thrust, ran a risk of his life; but he remounted and valiantly returned to the melley.

William dashed in wherever the fight was thickest, showing himself everywhere as able in command as ready to expose himself.

A Norman lord, Raoul de Tesson, held aloof with a troop of one hundred and forty knights.

"Who is he that bides yonder motionless ?" asked the French king of the young duke.