Excerpt from The Anglo-Saxon Version, From the Historian Orosius: By AElfred the Great; Together With an English Translation From the Anglo-Saxon His juvenile ftudies, however, were not merely, clerical; for Afi'er (who was [elfred's con temporary) informs us, that when this king' was but twelve years old, his mother offered a book of Saxon poetry to any of her fons who would get it by, heart, and that zelfred obtained the prize from his brothers [vl' About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.