[43] Translated by King Alfred the Great.
[44] That is, with their near kinsfolk.
[45] A brother is here styled "his brotherliness," as a pope "his holiness."
[46] The remainder of this is not translated here.
[47] "Sir" in English (Schir, Scottish) equal to Dominus, Latin, was five or six centuries ago prefixed to the name of every ordained priest.
[48] See introduction to Augustine's Missionary Work in England.