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ESSAY
ON
THE LIFE AND INSTITUTIONS
OF
OFFA,
KING OF MERCIA,
A. D. 755–794.
BY THE
REV. HENRY MACKENZIE, M. A.
OF PEMBROKE COLLEGE, OXFORD; MASTER OF BANCROFT’S HOSPITAL.
“Offa restauratus regali stirpe creatus Erigitur; spernit quæ degenerantia cernit— Armis donatur: Cato, Mars, Paris, hic reputatur. Quo floret tuta duce Marcia lege statuta Ense superborum vires reprimens, dominatur. Hunc Rex Francorum Carolus timet et veneratur. Communi voto cum clero Marcia toto Offæ concedit sese, cui mitis obedit, Ergo coronatur: ex tunc Rex jure vocatur!” V. Matth. Westm., A. D. 779.
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.