Note 7 — ALFRED AS A RELIGIOUS MAN AND AN EDUCATIONALIST
Reading edition
We learn this from William of Malmesbury, Aldhelm’s own monastery. William reports Alfred as saying that no one in any age equalled Aldhelm in poetry, for he could make a poem, compose an air, and aptly either sing or recite. A street-song common in Alfred’s time was composed by Aldhelm. See also p. 81.