Excerpt from Before the Conquest, or English Worthies in the Old English PeriodWith this view, the writer has been careful to resort to the best authorities, and to embody in his pages, as far as possible, the valuable results Of modern critical inquiry. Nor has he neglected the stores of information placed at the student's disposal by the publications issued under the direction Of the Master Of the Rolls, - those Old, quaint, but interesting chronicles, which Often illuminate so vividly the Obscure pas sages Of past times.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.