[Footnote50:Muratoricarriestheirantiquityabovetheyear1066ofthedeathofEdwardtheConfessor，therexAnglorumtowhomtheyareaddressed。Noristhisdateaffectedbytheopinion，orrathermistake，ofPasquierRecherchesdelaFrance，l。vii。c。2andDucange，Glossar。Latin。Thepracticeofrhyming，asearlyastheviithcentury，wasborrowedfromthelanguagesoftheNorthandEast，Muratori，Antiquitat。tom。iii。
dissert。xl。p。686—708。]
[Footnote51:ThedescriptionofAmalphi，byWilliamtheApulian，l。iii。p。267，containsmuchtruthandsomepoetry，andthethirdlinemaybeappliedtothesailor\'scompass:—
Nullamagislocuplesargento，vestibus，auroPartibusinnumeris:hacplurimusurbemoraturNautamarisCaeliqueviasaperireperitus。
HucetAlexandridiversaferunturaburbeRegis，etAntiochi。Genshaecfretaplurimatransit。