 I rejected them, by the counsel of my ' witan,' and in otherwise commanded them to be holden ; for I durst not venture to set down in writing much of my own, for it was unknown to me what of it would please those who should come after us. But those things...  The Conquest of England - Page 146by John Richard Green - 1883 - 636 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool - 1875 - 480 pages
...much of my own, for it was unknown to me what of it would please those who should come after us. But those things which I met with, either of the days...my kinsman, or of Offa, King of the Mercians, or of JEthelbryht, who first among the English race received baptism, those which seemed to me the rightest,... | |
 | Church of England canons - 1850 - 620 pages
...many of mine own, because I know not what would please them that were to be after us. What I found in the days of Ine my kinsman, or of "Offa king of the Mercians, or of Ethelbert, (who first of the English nation received baptism,) which seemed to me most righteous, I... | |
 | Charles Sandys - 1851 - 406 pages
...much of my own, for it was unknown to me 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 Mercians, or of ^Ethelbryht, who first among the English race received baptism, those... | |
 | Church of England - 1850 - 706 pages
...many of mine own, because I know not what would please them that were to be after us. What I found in the days of Ine my kinsman, or of "Offa king of the Mercians, or of Ethelbert, (who first of the English nation received baptism,) which seemed to me most righteous, I... | |
 | Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool - 1875 - 492 pages
...much of my own, for it was unknown to me what of it would please those who should come after us. But those things which I met with, either of the days...my kinsman, or of Offa, King of the Mercians, or of JEthelbryht, who first among the English race received baptism, those which seemed to me the Tightest,... | |
 | 1901 - 750 pages
...those who should come after us. But such ordinances as I found, either in the time of my kinsman Ina, or of Offa, king of the Mercians, or of Ethelberht, who first received baptism in England — such as seemed to me Tightest I have collected here, and the rest I... | |
 | John Richard Green - 1889 - 944 pages
...himself." Of a new legislation the king had n,-i thought. "Those things which I met with," he tells us, "either of the days of Ine, my kinsman, or of Offa,...who first among the English race received baptism, tho»e which seemed to me Tightest, those I have gathered, and rejected the others." But unpretending... | |
 | 1889 - 382 pages
...much of my own, for it was unknown to me what of it would please those who should come after us. But those things which I met with, either of the days...my kinsman, or of Offa, king of the Mercians, or of vEthelbirht, who first among the English race received baptism, those which seemed to me the Tightest,... | |
 | John Richard Green - 1889 - 954 pages
...himself." Of a new legislation the king had no thought " Those things which I met with," he tells us, " either of the days of Ine, my kinsman, or of Offa, king of the Mercians, or of jCthelberht, who first among the English race received baptism, those which seemed to me rightest,... | |
 | Alfred John Church - 1889 - 440 pages
...much of my own, but those which I met with in the days ALFRED'S ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE. 217 either of Ine, my kinsman, or of Offa, King of the Mercians, or of Ethelbert, who first of English race received baptism, such as seemed to me the best I have gathered... | |
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