Produced by Al Haines. [Illustration: Cover art] [Illustration: How they ran ashore on ye Pole Sand at ye bar of Cissanceaster haven] *Cædwalla* OR _THE SAXONS IN THE ISLE OF WIGHT_ A Tale BY FRANK COWPER, M.A. QUEEN’S COLLEGE, OXFORD _With Illustrations by the Author_ SECOND EDITION LONDON SEELEY & CO. 46 47 & 48 ESSEX STREET, STRAND (LATE OF 54 FLEET STREET) 1888 _All Rights Reserved._ TO H.R.H. PRINCE HENRY OF BATTENBERG, K.G. _Hon. Colonel 5th (Isle of Wight "Princess Beatrice’s") Volunteer Battalion. The Hants Regiment._ THIS TALE OF THE DEEDS OF TEUTONIC WARRIORS IN OLDEN TIME IN THE ISLE OF WIGHT _IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED_ BY THE AUTHOR *PREFACE.* In writing a story of the Isle of Wight in the seventh century, which shall at the same time be suitable for young people as well as historically truthful, there are many difficulties. The authorities for this period are Bede and the Saxon Chronicle. The former obtained his information of the South Saxons and the Wihtwaras from Daniel, Bishop of Winchester, who was evidently well-informed of the state of the southern people during the later half of the seventh century. Eddius, Asser, Ethelweard, Florence of Worcester, and Henry of Huntingdon all supply information, more or less accurate, as they are nearer to or more remote from the time of which they treat; and the valuable remarks of the modern specialists Dr. Guest, Kemble, and Lappenberg, are useful in leading the student to a right judgment of the facts. The historians, Dr. Milman, Dr. Lingard, and Mr. Freeman are also important helps, especially the first-named writer. Neander’s "Memorials of Christian Life" and Montalembert’s "Monks of the West," have been consulted, with a view to becoming acquainted with the theology and religious fervour of the times; and Mallet’s "Northern Antiquities" has been largely laid under contribution for a clue to the mythology of the period, although properly belonging to a later time, and to the Scandinavian form of Teutonic religion. The author has also had the learned assistance of the Rev. J. Boucher James, M.A., Vicar of Carisbrooke, and late Fellow and Tutor of Queen’s College, Oxford, whose antiquarian knowledge of the Isle of Wight is accurate and profound.