I can't complain, whose ancestors are there,

Erneis, Radulphus—eight-and-forty manors

(If that my memory doth not greatly err)

Were their reward for following Billy's banners:[542]And though I can't help thinking 't was scarce fair

To strip the Saxons of their hydes [543] like tanners;

Yet as they founded churches with the produce,

You'll deem, no doubt, they put it to a good use.[KC]