Excerpt from Beowulf: The Hero of the Anglo-Saxons The father Of the race, Skyld Of the Sheaf, was great in the memory Of his people. With his nobles - his ethelings he had wrested lands and glory from many a neighbouring tribe - aye, and many a distant one, too; the dread Of him fell on the bravest warriors; he waxed great uh der the sun, he flourished in peace, till that every one Of the neighbouring peo ples over the sea was constrained to Obey him and pay tribute; and the world said of him when he died, That was a good kingl. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.