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Jo di e dirai ke jo sui, Wace de l'isle de Gersui.

I say and will say that I am Wace, of the Isle of Jersey.

Wace's own self-identification as a Jersey-born writer; inscribed on his memorial stone in the Royal Square, St Helier, and regarded as the earliest known Jersey author claiming the island as his origin.

Wace, Jersey

Source: Wace, Roman de Rou (composed c. 1160-1174); inscribed on the Wace memorial, Royal Square, St Helier, Jersey

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