[482] v. 3105.
[483] I owe this suggestion to Professor Earle.
[484] Ranke, Engl. Gesch., B. III. c. 6.
[485] Exodus xv. 10.
[486] For the whole of this and the following sections I may refer to the Chronicle, with my notes.
[487] § 46, above.
[488] I give what seems to me the most probable line of march. But every one of these three places, (1) Ecgbryhtesstan, (2) Iglea, (3) Ethandun, has been variously identified. The following series have been proposed—A. (1) Brixton, (2) Clay Hill near Warminster, (3) Edington; B. (as in the text); C. (1) Bratton near Westbury, (2) Highley Common near Melksham, (3) Heddington on the Roman road from Bath to Marlborough. Bratton seems to me impossible on philological grounds. Yatton has also been proposed for Ethandun. Philologically it is possible; (cf. Yarnton near Oxford = Eardingtun) but its position north-west of Chippenham is against it.
[489] viz. that it is Bratton Camp, between Edington and Westbury.
[490] Essays, p. 138.
[491] Asser, 481 B [32], v. s. pp. 44, 51.