[A] King Alfred’s “new book of laws” opens with the sentence, “And the
Lord spake all these words and said, I am the Lord thy God,” etc. Then
follows the decalogue; and then, “Whatsoever ye would that men should do
unto you, that do ye also unto them.” Besides, there are many passages
quoted from the word of God, with most wise reflections on them and
applications of them to the matter in hand; and then he proceeds to the
laws of the realm.