Wace mentions Taillefer in the Roman de Rou: {| |Taillefer, qui mult bien chantout, sor un cheval qui tost alout, devant le duc alout chantant de Karlemaigne e de Rollant, e d'Oliver e des vassals qui morurent en Rencesvals. Roman de Rou, lines 8013–8019 |valign="top" style="padding-left:2em;"|Taillefer, who sang right well, Upon a swift horse Sang before the Duke Of Charlemagne and of Roland And of Oliver and their vassals That died at Roncesvalles. |} A version drawn from all the sources can be found in Winston Churchill's A History of the English-Speaking Peoples.