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.