E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
Martian Laws.
Laws compiled by Martia, wife of Guithelin, great-grandson of Mulmutius, who established in England the Mulmutian Laws. Alfred translated both these codes into Saxon-English.
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“Guynteline … whose queen, … to show her upright mind,
To wise Malmutius’ laws her Martian first did frame.”
