MSS. Florence Libri 14 Quo uidentes pu nitores illi duo iu gularum mox in erme se nuda se ta li modo corpus tre re flutum celo eum christo obtulerant. Conti. Clermont-Ferrand — EDITIONS Lair Quod videntes punitores illi duo Jugularunt mox inerme... sed nuda se... Tali modo corpus terrae, flatum coelo Eum Christo obtulerunt. Cuncti flete... Meyer Quod videntes proditores illi duo Jugularunt mox inerme... sed nuda se... Tali modo corpus terrae, flatum coelo Eum Christo obtulerunt. Cuncti flete... Lauer Quod videntes punitores illi duo jugularunt mox inermes nautas suos. tali modo corpus terre, flatum celo eum Christo obtulerunt. Cuncti flete... Becker Quod videntes punitores illi duo jugularunt et inermem denudarunt: tali modo corpus terrae, flatum caelo, eum Christo obtulerunt. Cuncti flete pro Willelmo innocente interfecto. TRANSLATIONS Becker Als jene zwei Rächer dies sahen, schlachteten sie ihn ab und entkleideten den Wehrlosen:  so weihten sie seinen Leib der Erde, seinen Odem dem Himmel, ihn selbst Christus. Helmerichs Seeing this, two avengers* murdered and plundered the unarmed one; in such a manner they sent his body to the earth, his spirit to heaven, him to Christ. All weep for innocent, slain William. *A tradition holds that after William defeated a Norman rival, Riulf, he treacherously had Riulf murdered, and that his own murder was an act of vengeance by Riulf’s relatives. COMMENTARIES Lair Que signifie le mot punitores?  Equivaut-il à pugnaces, pugnatores, hommes de main, sicaires, spadassins à gage?  Mais duo ne s’explique pas; les assassins étaient quatre.  Faut-il lire juniores et penser aux deux jeunes gens qui accompagnaiet le duc? (Étude sur Guillaume, p. 70.) Becker Punitores deutet wohl auf Privatrache (Riulf).  Binnenreim in Vers 2 und 3 wie in I, 2.  (“Der Planctus,” p. 197.)