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ESSAY
ON
THE LIFE AND INSTITUTIONS
OF
OFFA,
KING OF MERCIA,
A. D. 755–794.
BY THE
OF PEMBROKE COLLEGE, OXFORD; MASTER OF BANCROFT’S HOSPITAL.
LONDON:
HAMILTON, ADAMS, & CO., PATERNOSTER ROW;
SMITH, ELDER, & CO., CORNHILL; AND H. WIX, NEW BRIDGE STREET.
1840.
Printed by E. Couchman, 10, Throgmorton Street, London.
TO
JOSEPH BOSWORTH, D. D.
OF
TRINITY COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE,
F. R. S., F. S. A.,
BRITISH CHAPLAIN AT ROTTERDAM,
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY OF LEYDEN,
MEMBER OF THE ROYAL INSTITUTE OF THE NETHERLANDS,
&c. &c. &c.
IN TOKEN OF
RESPECT FOR HIS LABORIOUS ACQUIREMENTS,
(MORE ESPECIALLY WITH REFERENCE TO THE ANGLO-SAXON LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE,)
ESTEEM FOR THE
CHRISTIAN SINGLE-MINDEDNESS OF HIS CHARACTER,
AND
AFFECTIONATE REGARD FOR HIMSELF,
THIS ESSAY
IS INSCRIBED.
The following Essay, hastily prepared, and—though sometime has elapsed since its composition—now hastily correctedfor the press, was succ