Chapter LXXX

_Points of War_ (Bell & Daldy, 1855), and _Wagers of Battle_ (Macmillan & Co., 1900). By permission of the author and Messrs. Macmillan.

LXXXI-LXXXII

Both from _Visions of England_ (Macmillan & Co., 1881). By permission of the publishers.

l. 1. _Isle of Roses._ Within the temple of Athena at Lindus, in
the island of Rhodes, Pindar’s seventh Olympian Ode was
engraved in golden letters.

40. _Changing at the font._ Alfred was god-father to Guthrun,
the Danish leader, when baptized after his defeat at
Ethandún (872).