The prologue also reports that the earlier, Old English version was badly damaged, though not destroyed: the author of the Gesta Herewardi had been instructed by his superior to seek out the remains of Leofric's work and to translate it into Latin.
O prólogo tamén informa que a versión inglesa máis antiga resultou moi estragada, aínda que non destruída: o superior do autor da Gesta ordenoulle ir á procura dos restos da obra de Leofric e traducilos ao latín.