THE

ENGLISH BIBLE.

HISTORY OF THE TRANSLATION

OF THE

Holy Scriptures

INTO THE ENGLISH TONGUE.

WITH SPECIMENS OF THE OLD ENGLISH VERSIONS.

BY

,,

MRS. H. C. CONANT.

AUTHOR OF TRANSLATIONS OF NEANDER'S PRACTICAL COMMENTARIES.

The Sacred Book,

In dusty sequestration held too long,

Assumes the accents of our native tongue;

And he who guides the plough, or wields the crook,
With understanding spirit now may look

Upon her records, listen to her song,

And sift her laws.

C.

LONDON:

TRÜBNER & CO.

1856.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1856, by

SHELDON, BLAKEMAN & CO.,

In the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the Southern District of

New York.

J. J. REED,

PRINTER AND STEREOTYPER, 16 Spruce-St., N. Y: