Pepys' recordings of everyday life in the 17th century are a remarkable achievement.

Weblog version of his diaries, 1^st January 1660 is 1^st January 2003

Large website website with all the diaries online.

Complete text version of the diary on one file. (6,6mb!) (Project Gutenberg)

the classic tail of a warrior - the oldest known epic.

Modern translation of the Epic are available here (Dr. David Breeden) and here (Frances B. Grummere, Harvard Classics).

Beowulf On The Net - a nice overview

Beowulf in Hypertext - Old English, and modern translation. Contains historical and character notes.

HTML and text by Project Gutenberg. (modern translation)

modern translation is available here

also available in middle english

see here also. camelot project of the university of rochester