...the times of the Apostles. " Wherefore I Alfred king" — continues the code to which we refer" — " gathered these together, and commanded many of those...of those which seemed to me not good, I rejected, by the counsel of my ' witan' [parliament], and in other wise commanded them to be holden ; for I durst...

...59, and. the former ones from p. 1 to 43, and from p. 102 to 151, are as follow: — " Wherefore I, Alfred, king, gathered these together, and commanded...of those which seemed to me not good, I rejected, by the counsel of my ' witan' [parliament,] and in other wise commanded them to be holden ; for I durst...

...Dooms or Laws, of the collection of which he says, in the preface, " I Alfred, the king, gathered them together, and commanded many of those to be written...those which to me seemed good, and many of those which to me seemed not good I rejected, by the counsel of my witan, for I durst not venture to set down much...

...understood in his own words. In his doom or law book he says — " I, Alfred, king, gathered these laws together, and commanded many of those to be written which our forefathers held, and which to me seemed good ; and many of those which did not seem to me good I rejected, by the counsel...

...his own words. In his doom or law book he says — "I, Alfred, king, gathered these laws toirether, and commanded many of those to be written which our forefathers held, and which to me seemed good ; and many of those which did not seem to me good I rejected, by the counsel...

...For this we have his own word. He says in his doom-book, " I then, Alfred, King, gathered these laws together, and commanded many of those to be written...me not good, I rejected them, by the counsel of my Witau, and in otherwise commanded them to be holden ; for I durst not venture to set down in writing...

...procreati. . . . AD cir. 890. Wessex. ALFRED ; Preamble ..... I, then, Alfred, king, gathered these (laws) together, and commanded many of those to be written...I rejected them, by the counsel of my • witan.' .... I, then, Alfred, king of the West Saxons, shewed these to all my ' witan,' and they then said...

...Moses, and states the relation of them to Christ, the apostles, and Christian nations. He concludes : " I, then, Alfred, king, gathered these together, and...which to me 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...

...of God's servants * * * on the health of our souls and the stability of our realm." JElfred prefaces as follows : — " I, then, Alfred, King, gathered...of those to be written which our forefathers held, ihose which to me seemed good ; and many of those which seemed to me not good I rejected them, by the...

...in promulgating this code : " I, Alfred, king, gathered these together, and commanded many of them to be written which our forefathers held, those which...to me seemed good ; and many of those which seemed • Rouble's Saxons, vol.-ii. p. 208. t The fir>l forty-eight clauses of Alfred's Dooms are from the...