Note 042 The Norman writers and editors most conversant with their own idiom interpret Guiscard or Wiscard, by Callidus, a cunning man. The root (wise) is familiar to our ear; and in the old word Wiseacre, I can discern something of a similar sense and termination. is no bad translation of the surname and character of Robert.

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The History Of The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire —Fall In The East —Chapter 56