Kwenzeka ngo-Okthobha u-1066. Ngomhla we-14, kufutshane neHastings, umvumisi waseNorman ogama linguTaillefer waqala ukucula iivesi Ingoma kaRoldán ukunika isibindi kumkhosi kwilizwe lasemzini. Kwaqala ke idabi Ingaguqula uGuillermo umgqakhwe, IDuke waseNormandy, eWilliam I uMoyisi, UKumkani waseNgilani.
Kwiminyaka kamva, omnye wabathathi-nxaxheba emfazweni, uTuroldus de Fecamp, emva koko uAbbot waseMalmesbury, wayeza kuphinda abhale phantsi enye yeenguqulelo zomlomo zengoma, enika into esiyaziyo namhlanje njenge Ingoma kaRoldán, eyona nto ibalulekileyo kwingoma yesiFrentshi yamaxesha aphakathi.
Ibali ebeliculwa liyaziwa. Ekupheleni kwenkulungwane ye-XNUMX, uCharlemagne wawela iPyrenees kunye neenkosi eziphambili zobukumkani ukuya kungqinga isixeko samaSilamsi iZaragoza. Ngexesha lokubuya, uRoldán no-Oliveros, abajongene nokugubungela ngasemva, bayahlaselwa kwiRoncesvalles pass. URoldán uyala ukuvuthela isigodlo esiya kuzisa uncedo lomkhosi waseFrance, ekhetha ukuwa ukulwa kunokuba amkele ihlazo elinjalo. Yena no-Oliveros balwa ngobuqhawe bade babhujiswa. Ekupheleni kwengoma, uCharlemagne odangele kwaye ediniwe ulilela ukufa komncinci uRoldán.
Abaphengululi bahlambalaza ulwakhiwo oluchanekileyo, isayikholoji yabalinganiswa bayo, kunye nokufana okuchuliweyo phakathi kwedini likaRoldán kunye nothando lukaYesu Krestu. Nangona kunjalo, funda ngokwembono yangoku, asinakunceda kodwa sibone ikratshi kunye nokuzingca okubulalayo kukaRoldán. Ibali leRoncesvalles libonakala ngathi libali lokungakhathali okunokuphetshwa, okusetiweyo kwisakhelo semfazwe engenamsebenzi yenkolo. Akukho nto yokwenza neCid Campeador yethu.
Xa ukucula kusishukumisela, sikukusabela kukaCharlemagus ekufeni kukaRoldán. Inamandla kangangokuba ukongeza ekuhambeni iyabanzima. KumaXesha Aphakathi, isithethe sasiza kusasazeka kungekudala apho uRoldan wayengunyana ofihlakeleyo kaCharlemagne: Intlungu kaCharlemagne inokuba kuphela yintlungu katata ngaphambi konyana wakhe ofileyo; enika intsingiselo eyahluke ngokupheleleyo kwibali.
Kodwa masibuyele kwiThafa laseHastings, andizukuyeka ithuba lokuthetha ngokumkani Harold. Ukumkani xa ethweswa isithsaba omnye kufuneka anyamalale. Kwidabi laseHastings, kwabulawa uHarold unyana kaJodwin, ukumkani waseSaxon waseNgilani. UWilliam wayeza kungena kwimbali, uHarold ajike abe luthuli.
UKumkani uHarold wayeyindoda ekhaliphileyo. Umphengululi waseIceland USnorri Sturluson uyibeka kwi heimskringlasaga kwiimeko ezingaphambi kweHastings. I-Borges ivelisa kwakhona isicatshulwa kwaye isinike imvelaphi yakhe Uncwadi lwamaxesha aphakathi eJamani.
Umntakwabo Harold uTostig wayedibene noKumkani waseNorway, uHarald Hardrada, ukufezekisa amandla. Bobabini bafika nomkhosi kunxweme olusempuma yeNgilani boyisa inqaba yaseYork. Emazantsi enqaba, umkhosi waseSaxon udibana nabo:
"Abakhweli bamahashe abangamashumi amabini bazibandakanya kuluhlu lomhlaseli; Amadoda, kananjalo namahashe, ayembethe intsimbi; omnye wabakhweli bamahashe wakhwaza:
"Ngaba uCount Tostig ulapha?"
Andiphiki ukuba ndilapha, utshilo ubalo.
"Ukuba unguye nyani uTostig," watsho umkhweli wehashe, "Ndiza kukuxelela ukuba umntakwenu ukunika uxolelo lwakho kunye nesinye kwisithathu sobukumkani."
"Ukuba ndiyamkela," watsho uTostig, "yintoni inkosi eya kuyinika uHarald Hardrada?"
"Akamlibalanga," waphendula umkhweli, "uyakukunika iinyawo ezintandathu zesiNgesi kwaye, kuba mde kakhulu, enye ngaphezulu."
"Emva koko," watsho uTostig, "xelela inkosi yakho ukuba sizokulwa de sife."
Bemka ke abakhweli. UHarald Hardrada ubuze ecingisisa:
-Yayingubani la ndoda ithethe kakuhle kangaka?
Ubalo luphendule:
-Harold, uKumkani waseNgilani. "
UHarald Hardrada kunye noTostig abayi kubona elinye ilanga. Umkhosi wakhe woyisiwe kwaye bobabini batshabalala edabini. Kodwa uHarold akasayi kuba nalo ixesha lokulilela umntakwabo. Ziyafika kungekudala iindaba zokuba amaNorman afike emazantsi kwaye kuyakufuneka emke aye eHastings, apho aya kuthi azalisekise ikamva lakhe ngokusweleka ezandleni zomhlaseli.
Ibali line-epilogue enomdla uSnorri angazanga, kodwa uBorges wenza, kuba wayifunda kwi Iibhola de UHeineIya kuba ngumfazi owayethanda inkosi, u-Edith Gooseneck, ochonga isidumbu sakhe.