ould afford to build a church with a bell
tower became a thane in consequence.

xi The national representative assembly, and origin of our
parliament.

xii Now Normandy, and so called after Rolf's Northmen.

xiii This charm against the "evil eye" was used in the west of
England until quite lately, and may still linger. The charm against
sprains is one yet recorded in the original tongue.

xiv Alfred had Denewulf instructed, and made him Bishop of
Winchester.

xv In 845 A.D. Bishop Eahlstan and the levies of Somerset and
Dorset defeated the first Danes who landed in Wessex, at the mouth
of the Parret.

xvi Trading vessel, more heavily built than the swift
longships.

xvii The "wild hunt" is still believed to pass over Cannington
and the Quantock Hills, the sounds of the migration of flocks of
sea fowl probably keeping the tradition alive.

xviii Athelstan = "noble stone."

xix Confirmation.

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