The Belles-Lettres Series
SECTION 1
ENGLISH LITERATURE
FROM ITS BEGINNING TO THE YEAR 1100
GENERAL EDITOR
EDWARD MILES BROWN, Ph.D.
PROFESSOR OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
IN THE UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI
Euangelium Secundum Mattheum
THE GOSPEL OF SAINT MATTHEW
IN WEST-SAXON
EDITED FROM THE MANUSCRIPTS
BY
JAMES WILSON BRIGHT, Ph.D., Litt.D.
CAROLINE DONOVAN PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH LITERATURE IN THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
God hine gōdode swā þæt hē hine āwende of tollere tō apostole,
and him forgeaf ðā gife þæt hē āwrāt & forman Crīstes-bōc.
Ælfric
BOSTON, U.S.A. AND LONDON
D. C. HEATH & CO., PUBUSHERS
1910
COPYRIGHT, 1904, BY D. C. HEATH & CO.
Printed in the United States of America
First impression, 1904 Second impression, corrected, 1910
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