William and Harold ride with soldiers to Williams’s palace at
Rouen (Now William has the hawk!). William sits while Harold talk to him.
The mysterious incident on the far right seems to have nothing to do with the
main story, but it may have been well known in the 11th century. It might
refer to a sexual scandal - the man in the lower border is naked in the original
tapestry, but he has been provided with shorts by the Victorian embroiderers who
made this copy.
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