likely a scribal interpolation. Sample An example of the Proverbs is lines 423–48, here in the translation of Christopher Cannon. References Sources Keynes, Simon, and Lapidge, Michael, Alfred the Great: Asser's Life of King Alfred & Other Contemporary Sources. Penguin Classics, 1984. Further reading Arngart, Olaf (ed.). The Proverbs of Alfred. 2 vols. Lund, 1942–55. Anderson, O.S. The Proverbs of Alfred, 1: A study of the texts. Lund and London, 1942. Arngart, Olaf. The Distichs of Cato and the Proverbs of Alfred. Lund, 1952. Arngart, Olaf (ed. and tr.). The Proverbs of Alfred. An Emended Text. Lund, 1978. Rouse, Robert Allen. The idea of Anglo-Saxon England in Middle English romance. Woodbridge: D.S. Brewer, 2005. Especially chapter 2. . External links The Cambridge History of English Literature 1250s 13th century Middle English literature Old English literature English proverbs Alfred the Great