Stroud.
The agreement referred to is no other than the famous treaty of peace
between Alfred and Guthrun, whose name, by the substitution of an initial
"L." for a "G.," among various other inaccuracies for which your
correspondent is perhaps not responsible, has been disguised under the form
of "Lvthrvnvs." The inscription itself forms the commencement of the
treaty, which is stated, in Turner's _Anglo-Saxons_, book iv. ch. v., to be
still extant. It is translated as follows, in Lambard's [Greek:
Archaionomia], p. 36.:--
"Foedus quod Aluredus & Gythrunus reges ex sapientum Anglorum, atque
eorum omnium qui orientalem incolebant Angliam consulto ferierunt, in
quod præterea singuli non solum de se ipsis, verum etiam de natis suis,
ac nondum in lucem editis (quotquot saltem misericordiæ divinæ aut
regiæ velint esse participes), jurarunt.
"Primo igitur ditionis nostræ fines ad Thamesim fluvium evehuntor: Inde
ad Leam flumen profecti, ad fontem ejus deferuntor: tum rectà ad
Bedfordiam porriguntor, ac denique per Usam fluvium porrecti ad viam
Vetelingianam desinunto."
Another translation will be found in Wilkins's _Leges Anglo-Saxonicæ_, p.
47., and the Saxon original in both. As to the boundaries here defined, see
note in Spelman's _Alfred_, p. 36.
At Cirencester Guthrun remained for twelve months after his baptism,
according to his treaty with Alfred. (See _Sim. Dunelm. de gestis Regum
Anglorum_, sub anno 879.)