[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-icolæ_ = _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 Cæsar 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 archæology 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. "Swíet, ja swíet, is't oer 'e míete, 'T boáskiere fóar é jonge lie, Kreftich swíet is't, sizz ik jiette, As it giet mei alders ríe. Mai óars tiget 'et to 'n pléach, As ik óan 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 states of East Friesland, we have a remarkable illustration in the old Frisian Laws. These are in the native Frisian tongue, and, except that they represent republican rather than monarchical institutions, are similar in form, in spirit, to the Saxon.