CHAPTER X.

DUKE WILLIAM AND HIS DIFFICULTIES:--William has news of Harold's

accession to the English throne--Harold is summoned by the Court

of Rome to defend himself on the charges of perjury and

sacrilege--He refuses to acknowledge the jurisdiction of the See

of Rome--William is ordered by the Pope to invade England--He

prepares to set out--William Fitzosborne overrules the

objections of the Norman nobles.

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