 I, then, Alfred, king, gathered these together, and commanded many of those to be written which our forefathers held, those which to me seemed good ; and many of those which seemed to me not good I rejected them, by the counsel of my  The Life and Times of Alfred the Great - Page 328by John Allen Giles - 1848 - 417 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool - 1875 - 480 pages
...of those which seemed to me not good I rejected them, by the counsel of my witan, and in otherwise commanded them to be holden, for I durst not venture...those things which I met with, either of the days of Ine, my kinsman, or of Offa, King of the Mercians, or of JEthelbryht, who first among the English race... | |
 | Charles Sandys - 1851 - 408 pages
...good; and many of those which seemed to me not good, I rejected them by the counsel of my ' Witan,' and in other wise commanded them to be holden; for...what of it would please those who should come after me. But those things which I met with, either of the days of Ine, my kinsman, or Offa, king of the... | |
 | Charles Sandys - 1851 - 386 pages
...those which seemed to me not good, I rejected them by the counsel of my ' Witan,' and in otherwise commanded them to be holden; for I durst not venture...what of it would please those who should come after me. But those things which I met with, either of the days of Ine, my kinsman, or Offa, king of the... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1856 - 552 pages
...and many of those which seemed to me not good, I rejected them, by the counsel of my witan, and iu other wise commanded them to be holden. For I durst...of it would please those who should come after us." J If some of the laws of Alfred appear very strange to us, from our want of knowledge of the minuter... | |
 | Francis Andrew March - 1870 - 194 pages
...seemed good ; and many of those which to me seemed not good, I rejected them by the counsel of my witan, and in other wise commanded them to be holden, for I durst not venture to set in «riling much of my own, for it was unknown to me what of it would suit those who should be after... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1874 - 560 pages
...good ; and many of those which seemed to me not good, I rejected them, by the counsel of my witan, and in other wise commanded them to be holden. For...of it would please those who should come after us." J If some of the laws of Alfred appear very strange to us, from our want of knowledge of the minuter... | |
 | Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool - 1875 - 492 pages
...of those which seemed to me not good I rejected them, by the counsel of my witan, and in otherwise commanded them to be holden, for I durst not venture...those things which I met with, either of the days of Ine, my kinsman, or of Offa, King of the Mercians, or of JEthelbryht, who first among the English race... | |
 | Francis Andrew March - 1876 - 222 pages
...counsel of my witan, and in other wise commanded them to be holden, for I durst not venture to set in writing much of my own, for it was unknown to me what of it would suit those who should be after us. But those which I met, either of Ine's day, my kinsman, or .¿Ethelbirht's,... | |
 | Francis Andrew March - 1878 - 200 pages
...wttan, and in other wise eommanded them to be holden, for I durst not venture to set in writing mueh of my own, for it was unknown to me what of it would suit those who should be after us. But those whieh I met, either of Ine's day, my kinsman, or ^Ethelbirht's,... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1880 - 1286 pages
...good, I rejected tliem, by the counsel of my witan, and in other wise commanded them to be lioklcn. For I durst not venture to set down in writing much...it would please those who should come after us.:' * If some of the laws of Alfred appear very strange to us, from our want of knowledge of the minuter... | |
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