that king as one of his associates and
assistants in civilizing and instructing his subjects. Several works are
mentioned as having been written by Asserius, but the only one extant is
his history of King Alfred, which is a chronicle of various events between
the year of Alfred's birth, A.D. 849, to A.D. 889.

Asserius is supposed to have died Bishop of Sherborne, A.D. 910.

[12] The compounds of the Anglo-Saxon word _ware_ = _occupants_,
_inhabitants_, are too numerous to leave any doubt as to this, and several
other, derivations. _Cant-ware_ = _Cant-icolae_ = _people of Kent_:
_Hwic-ware_ = _Hviccas_ = _the people_ of parts of Worcestershire,[67]
Glostershire, and (to judge from the name) of _War-wick_shire also.

[13] The Annales Saxonici, or Saxon Chronicles, embrace the history of
Britain, between the landing of Caesar and the accession of Henry II. They
are evidently the work of various and successive writers, who were Saxon
ecclesiastics. But nothing certain can be affirmed of the authors of their
respective portions.--See Note 10.

[14] See Note 2.

[15] Adam of Bremen was a Minor Canon of the Cathedral of Bremen, about
the years 1067-1077. He travelled in Denmark, and was in great favour with
King Sweyn of that country. He wrote an Ecclesiastical History of the
spread of Christianity in the North, to which he appended a description of
the geography, population, and archaeology of Denmark and the neighbouring
countries.

[16] Ethelward was an Anglo-Saxon nobleman, who wrote a chronicle of
events from the creation of the world to the death of King Edgar, A.D. 875.

[17] The following is a specimen of the Frisian of Gysbert Japicx, in
metre. It is part of a rustic song, supposed to be sung by a peasant on his
return from a wedding feast. Date about A.D. 1650.

"Sw['i]et, ja sw['i]et, is't oer 'e m['i]ete,
'T bo['a]skiere f['o]ar ['e] jonge lie,
Kreftich sw['i]et is't, sizz ik jiette,
As it giet mei alders r['i]e.
Mai ['o]ars tiget 'et to 'n pl['e]ach,
As ik ['o]an myn geafeunt seach."

Translation of the same from Bosworth's _Anglo-Saxon Dictionary_, p.
lxxiii.

"Sweet, yes, sweet is over (_beyond_) measure,
The marrying for the young lede (_people_);
Most sweet is it, I say yet (_once more_),
When (_as_) it goes with the rede (_counsel_) of the elders.
But otherwise it tends to a plague,
As I saw on (_by the example of_) my village fellow."

[18] Of the early constitution of