“ The poem, therefore, which is defined by its editor, Dr Carl Horstmann, as a “legendary epic,” is rather a compilation than a translation. It contains a good deal of history beside the actual life of the saint. St Werburgh was the daughter of Wulfere, king of Mercia, and Bradshaw gives a description of the kingdom of Mercia, with a full account of its royal house. ”

“ Edward Hawkins for the Chetham Society in 1848, and by Dr Carl Hortsmann for the Early English Text Society in 1887.
↑ History of English Poetry (ed. W. C. Hazlitt, 1871; iii. pp. 140-149) . ↑ Scriptorum Illustrium, cant. ix. No. 17. ↑ Ames, Typographical Antiquities (ed. W. Herbert, 1785; i. p. 294) . ”