[23] ‘A letter from the pope to Alfred’s father, regarding the ceremony at Rome, has been fortunately preserved for us in a twelfth-century collection of papal letters, now in the British Museum.... The letter is as follows: “_Edeluulfo, regi Anglorum_ [marginal direction for rubricator]. <F>ilium vestrum Erfred, quem hoc in tempore ad Sanctorum Apostolorum limina destinare curastis, benigne suscepimus, et, quasi spiritalem filium consulatus cingulo <cinguli _emend. Ewald_> honore vestimentisque, ut mos est Romanis consulibus, decoravimus, eo quod in nostris se tradidit manibus”’ (Stevenson). The _Chronicle_ has: ‘... consecrated him as king, and took him as bishop-son.’ See p. 29. [24] Based upon the _Chronicle_. [25] Thanet. [26] From the _Chronicle_. [27] Based upon the _Chronicle_. [28] Charles the Bald. [29] Original. [30] Comprising Somerset, Devon, and Cornwall. [31] Chiefly original. [32] From the _Chronicle_. [33] Prudentius of Troyes (in _Annales Bertiniani_, an. 856, ed. Waitz, p. 47), says of Bishop Hincmar: ‘Eam ... reginæ nomine insignit, quod sibi suæque genti eatenus fuerat insuetum.’ [34] Original. [35] Offa’s Dike; it extended from the mouth of the Dee to that of the Severn. [36] Original. [37] Charlemagne. [38] ‘Pavia was on the road to Rome, and was hence frequented by English pilgrims on their journey to the latter’ (Stevenson). The _Chronicle_ says under 888: ‘Queen Æthelswith, who was King Alfred’s sister, died; _and her body lies at Pavia_.’ ‘With this story of Eadburh’s begging in that city we may compare the statement of St. Boniface, written about 747, as to the presence of English prostitutes or adulteresses in the cities of Lombardy, Frankland, or Gaul (Dümmler, _Epistolæ Karolini Ævi_ 1. 355; Haddan and Stubbs, _Councils_ 3. 381). At the date of this letter the Lombards still spoke their native Germanic tongue, and it is probable that as late as Eadburh’s time it was still the predominant speech in Lombardy’ (Stevenson). [39] Mostly original. [40] In Alfred’s will (_Cart. Sax._ 2. 177. 9) he refers to this as ‘Aþulfes cinges yrfegewrit’ (Stevenson). [41] That is, for the good of his soul. [42] Lat. _manentibus_. [43] A mancus was thirty pence, one-eighth of a pound. [44] Original. [45] From Florence of Worcester. The _Annals of St. Neots_ have: ‘and buried at Steyning’ (_Stemrugam_). [46] This last statement is incorrect. [47] From the _Chronicle_ under 860. As Æthelbert was already in possession of Kent, Surrey, and Sussex, it should rather be said that he added Wessex. [48] From the _Chronicle_ under 860. [49] Chiefly from the _Chronicle_ under 865 and 866. [50] The earlier part from the _Chronicle_. [51] Probably meaning the mouths of the Rhine (Stevenson). [52] Original. [53] _Curto_, a word showing Frankish influence. [54] Original. Stevenson would refer this event to a date earlier than 855. [55] From Florence of Worcester. [56] So Pauli and Stevenson interpret _legit_.