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Đē is creft ealra crefta, þæt is, þæt man spurige æfter Gode and hys hāwie and hine gesēo.—30. 23.
ALFRED THE GREAT, THE WEST SAXON KING, BORN AT WANTAGE, A. D. 849. ALFRED FOUND LEARNING DEAD, AND HE RESTORED IT; EDUCATION NEGLECTED, AND HE REVIVED IT; THE LAWS POWERLESS, AND HE GAVE THEM FORCE; THE CHURCH DEBASED, AND HE RAISED IT; THE LAND RAVAGED BY A FEARFUL ENEMY, FROM WHICH HE DELIVERED IT. ALFRED'S NAME SHALL LIVE AS LONG AS MANKIND SHALL RESPECT THE PAST.
Inscription on statue at Wantage.
