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5.13-16 ac ... wlitige. Added by Alfred.

6.2-4 Ðu ... becumen. Free rendering.

6.7 hēhstan. Nom. sing, in -n; so 6.5; 13.6; etc.

6.14-15 þū ... hrine. Added.

6.15 Alfred is fond of such particularizings where the Latin has only general terms; cf. 9.4, 19; etc.

7.5-7 Augustine frequently introduces Faith, Hope, and Love so. Cf. his Handbook on Faith, Hope, and Love, Migne, 40.231.

8.10-11 and ūs ... dydon. Added.

9.4 Fæder ... Gāst. Added. Note the Trinitarianism; so 9.10.

9.10,11 Þū ... Gāst. Added.

9.15 sēo sunne bringð lēohtne dæg, etc. Cf. Bo. 49.21,22.

9.22 tunglai. The i is likely a scribal error.

9.23-10.17 and eft ... Godes bebode. Here is the first considerable addition by Alfred.

9.24 Wrixliað sume, etc. Cf. Bo.

11.14 Another prominent thought. Cf. 34.21 ff.; 44.24 ff.; etc.

11.21-12.7 forðām ... gebrōhton. Added.

14.5 sile mē oferhȳda. 'Grant me largeness of spirit.' Cf. magnanimum of the Latin. But see C.P. 110.23 and Bo. 62.16. Cf. the list of Virtues in 5-8 with 22.14-18 and with Dante's Purgatory.

14.14 Ic woldo. The only use of the old ending. Cf. 11.19 and 20, and cweðo, C.P. 397.27.

14.15-18 þe ... . Added.

14.19-15.6, Ic ... wēre. Free rendering.

16.5-6, Gyf ... hæfð. Added.

16.10,11 ... nȳtenu. Free rendering.

18.3-5 Ac ... gebringan. Added.

18.6,7 Gelȳfst ... mōnan. Free rendering.

18.12-15 nāðer ... gescēadwīsnesse. Added.

18.20-19.2 Ic ... . Free rendering.

20.7-19 ... færeld. Free rendering.

20.21-23 ðā ... twēonige. Added.

21.7-9 atēfred ... is. Added.

22.2 Here a considerable omission of the Latin compensates for the long addition following.

22.3-26.5 For ... understentst. Added.

26.16-27.1 God ... mæqe. Added.

27.2-29.16 Wite ... lufe. Free rendering.

27.4 After hāwode a possible corruption of the MS.

29.4 ff. Cf. Jerome's Commentary on 1. Cor. 13, Migne, 30.759.

29.9 Psalms 119.96, the only Latin quotation used in this work. Cf. Jerome's Commentary on the Psalms, Migne, 26.1197.

29.20 [hlāford]. Hulme, p.58, suggests hæseta for MS. ho feut.