[D] See [map] at the commencement of chapter ix.

[E] See [map], chapter ix.

[F] See [map], chapter ix.

[G] See [map], chapter ix.

[H] It is given at length in the last chapter of our history of Alfred the Great.

[I] The children of Ethelred's oldest son, Edmund, were in Hungary at this time, and seem to have been wellnigh forgotten.

[J] The Latin name for such a seal was bulla. It is on account of this sort of seal, which is customarily affixed to them, that papal edicts have received the name of bulls.

[K] Oyez! Oyez! Oyez! Norman French for Hearken! hearken! hearken!


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