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/* William of Malmesbury, Chronicle of the Kings of England c.1125AD */
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==Henry of Huntingdon, Historia Anglorum c.1129-c.1154==
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:<span style="font-style: italic; color: green">“Ethelhun who led the West-Saxons, bearing the royal standard, a golden dragon, transfixed the standard-bearer of the enemy.” [BOHN 1853:p.130]
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:<span style="font-style: italic; color: green">“King Edmund distinguished himself for his valour. For perceiving that the Danes were fighting with more than ordinary vigour, he quitted his royal station which, as was wont, he had taken between the dragon and the ensign called the Standard,....” [BOHN 1853:p.194]
 
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==William of Malmesbury, Chronicle of the Kings of England c.1125AD==
(Gesta Regum Anglorum)<br>
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:<span style="font-style: italic; color: green">“The king himself on foot, stood with his brother, near the '''standard'''; in order that, while all shared equal danger, none might think of retreating. This '''standard''' William sent, after the victory, to the pope; it was '''sumptuously embroidered, with gold and precious stones, in the form of a man fighting'''.” [GILES 1847:p.276]
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==Master Wace, The Chronicle of the Norman Conquest c.1174==
(Roman de Rou)<br>