“Such,' he said,'O King, seems to me the present life of men on earth, in comparison with that time which to us is uncertain, as if when on a winter's night you sit feasting with your ealdormen and thegnsö a… — Bede Copy Share Image
“If history records good things of good men, the thoughtful hearer is encouraged to imitate what is good: or if it records evil of wicked men, the devout, religious listener or reader is encouraged to avoid all that is sinful and perverse and to follow what he knows to be good and pleasing to God.” — Bede Copy Share
“Such,' he said,'O King, seems to me the present life of men on earth, in comparison with that time which to us is uncertain,… — Bede Copy Share Image
