The _Story of Inglande_, written by Robert Manning of Brunne, in 1338, contains a section which has the marginal summary, "Qua de causa Anglici vocantur Caudati". In his explanation of the reason why Englishmen are called "tailards", Manning closely follows Wace, some of whose lines, indeed, he translates with literal accuracy. He closes his narrative of the incident, however, in the same manner as does Layamon, with a protest against the unfairness of attributing to all Englishmen indiscriminately the degrading stigma inflicted on a few only of his countrymen: "But there he stod them to preche And ther savacion for to teche; Byhynd hym on his clothes they henge Righe taillis on a strenge. When they had don that vyleny They drof hym thenne wyth maistri; Fer weys they gan hym chace; Tailles they casten in hys face. Thys holy man God bisought, For they hym that vileny wrought, That on them and on al their kynde Tailled alle men schulde hem fynde; And God graunted al that he bad, For alle that kynde tailles had-- Taillis hadde and tailles have; Fro that vengaunce non may them save; For they wyth tailles the goodeman schamed, For tailles al Englische kynde ys blamed; In manie sere londes seyd Of tho tailles we have umbreyde."[348] The Bibliothèque Nationale possesses a manuscript,[349] which is ascribed by experts to the fourteenth century, and in which the legend of St. Augustine and the tails--no longer those of ray-fish, however--supplies materials for a quaint satire against the inhabitants of Rochester. It begins with a mock-serious discussion as to the species of animals to which they belong. That they are not men is quite clear, for they have tails, and Aristotle has conclusively established that men have no tails. And yet those strange animals have something human about them, too--they reason and have laws. For all that, however, there remains the stern fact that they bear tails, and this quite precludes the possibility of classing them as perfect human beings. In the course of the satire reference is naturally made to the outrage of which St. Augustine was the victim. After giving an account of the saint's mission to England, the anonymous author continues: "As he went about from city to city, preaching, it happened that he preached in the city which is called Rochester. But, whilst he was preaching, the inhabitants of the city flocked together about him, and, deeming his words to be lies, subjected him to many insults. After reviling him with opprobrious words, they fastened tails of swine and of cows to the skirt of his garments, spat into his face, and drove him out of the city."[350] The saint prayed that they who had insulted him might be punished, to the end that the divinity of his mission should be brought home to them. At the conclusion of his prayer, he wept bitterly, but was comforted by receiving the assurance that his petition would be granted.