sentences:  In addition, there are other arguments against Leofric's having been the forger.Aside from the fact that Leofric would have known little about Asser and so would have been unlikely to construct a plausible forgery, there is strong evidence dating the Cotton manuscript to about 1000.The apparent use of Asser's material in other early works that predate Leofric also argues against Galbraith's theory.