Of the present volume it will be sufficient to inform the reader that it contains Six Chronicles, all relating to the history of this country before the Norman Conquest, and all of essential importance to those who like to study history in the very words of contemporary writers.

Editor's preface.

To Matilda, the most eloquent and true handmaid of Christ, Ethelwerd the patrician, health in the Lord!

The chronicle of Fabius Ethelwerd, from the beginning of the world to the year of our Lord 975.