The same thing had been said of Macaulay, and believed by the same sort of people.

Froude's books were certainly much easier to read than Freeman's.

Must they therefore have been much easier to write?
Two-thirds of Froude's mistakes would have been avoided, and Freeman would never have had his chance, if the former had had a keener eye for slips in his proof-sheets, or had engaged competent assistance.

When he allowed Wilhelmus to be printed instead of Willelmus, Freeman shouted with exultant glee that a man so hopelessly ignorant of mediaeval nomenclature had no right to express an opinion upon the dispute between Becket and the King.

Nothing could exceed his transports of joy when he found out that Froude did not know the ancient name of Lisieux.