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.