KING ALFRED'S WILL.
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And to Ethered the Alderman, a sword of an hundred Mancuses.
And to the Men that me follow, to whom I now at Easter-tide money gave, two hundred of pounds. Let them give to them, and divide them between, to each as to him to belong they shall judge; after the manner that I to them now have distributed.
And to the Archbishop, one hundred of Mancuses, and to Esne Bishop, and to Werferth Bishop, and to the [Bishop] at Schireburn.
Also, let them distribute for me and for my Father, and for the friends that he interceded for, and I intercede for, two hundred of Pounds; Fifty to the Mass-Priests over all my Kingdom; fifty to the poor Ministers of God; fifty to the distressed Poor; fifty to the Church that I at shall
