The Saxons in England a History of the English Commonwealth Till the Period of
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71. 4 HloiShaere and Eadric, kings of the men of Kent, augmented the laws which their forefathers had made before them, by these dooms. Prol. To LI. Hlo. Et Ead. Thorpe, i. 26. See also the Prologue to Wihtrsed's laws in the text. 206 THE SAXONS IN ENGLAND. [BOOK n. and the king's authority 1 . Beda, in a passage just cited, says of ^E^elberht : " Amongst other bene- fits which consulting, he bestowed upon his na- tion, he gave her also, with the advice of his witan, decrees of judgements, afte...r the example of the Romans : which, written in the English tongue, are yet possessed and observed by her 2 . " And these laws were enacted by their authority, jointly with the king's. The Prologue to the law of Wiht- ra^d declares : " These are the dooms of Wihtrsed, king of the men of Kent. In the reign of the most clement king of the men of Kent, Wihtraed, in 1 This is the case throughout the Teutonic legislation, where there is a king at all. "Theodoricus rex Francorum, cum esset Cathalaunis, elegit viros sapientes, qui in regno suo legibus antiquis eruditi erant : ipso autem dictante, iussit conscribere legem Francorum, Alemannorum et Baiuvariorum, " etc.
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