Old English Chronicles, Edited by John Allen Giles
From Gile’s preface
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CHAP. I.— ETHELWERD'S CHRONICLE.
"THE short chronicle, which passes under the name of Ethelwerd, contains few facts which are not found in the Saxon Chronicle its precursor. Of the author we know no more than he has told us in his work. Malmesbury calls him 'noble and magnificent' with reference to his rank ; for he was descended from king Alfred : but he forgets his peculiar praise — that of being the only Latin historian for two centuries ; though, like Xenophon, Caesar, and Alfred, he wielded the sword as much as the pen.
Ethelwerd dedicated his work to, and indeed wrote it for the use of his relation Matilda, daughter of Otho the Great, emperor of Germany, by his first empress Edgitha or Editha ; who is mentioned in the Saxon Chronicle, A.D. 925, though not by name, as given to Otho by her brother, king Athelstan. Ethelwerd adds, in his epistle to Matilda, that Athelstan sent two sisters, in order that the emperor might take bis choice ; and that he preferred the mother of Matilda.
The chronology of Ethelwerd is occasionally a year or two at variance with other authorities. The reader will be guided in reckoning the dates, not by the heading of each paragraph, A.D. 891, 975, &c., but by the actual words of the author inserted in the body of the text.
I have translated this short chronicle from the original text as well as I was able, and as closely as could be to the author's text ; but I am by no means certain of having always succeeded in hitting on his true meaning, for such is the extraordinary barbarism of the style, that I believe many an ancient Latin classic, if he could rise from his grave, would attempt in vain to interpret it. "
The text begins on page 19: It covers the period from AD 430 to AD 960
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