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LIFE AND TIMES

OF

ALFRED THE
THE GREAT,

DRAWN UP

FROM THE MOST AUTHENTIC ANCIENT CHRONICLERS,

AND

INCLUDING IMPORTANT FACTS NOW FIRST PUBLISHED.

TO WHICH ARE ADDED

ALFRED'S WILL AND PROVERBS, IN SAXON, WITH TRANSLATIONS;
THE TREATY BETWEEN ALFRED AND GUTHRUM, IN SAXON;
FULK'S LETTER TO ALFRED; ALFRED'S PREFACE TO
GREGORY'S PASTORAL CARE, IN SAXON, WITH A
TRANSLATION; A CHRONOLOGICAL SUMMARY

OF ANGLO-SAXON HISTORY; DESCRIPTION

OF ALFRED'S GEMS, WITH COLOURED

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REV. J. A. GILES, D. C. L.

LATE FELLOW OF C. C. C. OXFORD;

AUTHOR OF THE LIFE AND LETTERS OF THOMAS A BECKET,
AND EDITOR OF PATRES ECCLESIÆ ANGLICANÆ.

SECOND EDITION.

OXFORD:

PUBLISHED BY W. BAXTER,

SOLD BY G. WILLIS, GREAT PIAZZA, COVENT GARDEN, LONDON.

MDCCCLIV.

.

3453.6

Br 1201.61

1875, March 22.

Walker Bequest.

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