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THE INFLUX OF THE DANES.
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treaty, and they put the red man of America to shame as prevaricators.
Thus, by 878, the wretched Saxons were at their wit's end, and have never been able to take a joke since at less than thirty days.
Some fled to Wales and perished miserably trying to pronounce the names of their new post-office addresses.
Here Alfred's true greatness stood him in good stead. He secured a number of reliable retain-
