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Centers of Irish Influence in England<br />

become famous on the Continent, than as meek learners.<br />

Doubtless the chief attraction to the Irishmen in Canter-<br />

bury was the opportunity of extending their knowledge of<br />

Greek of which they were almost the sole representatives<br />

in western Europe. 1<br />

i William of Malmesbury has preserved for us also a letter written by<br />

1 a young Irish prince named Artuil (he is called Artwilius in the manuscript)<br />

and directed to Aldhelm, in which he requests the Englishman to polish for<br />

him his first literary efforts, "ut perfect! ingenii lima eraderetur scabredo<br />

Scottica."<br />

26l

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