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CHAP. II.
Description of the Country inhabited by the SAXONS near
the ELBE, before they occupied BRITAIN.
The Application of the SAXONS to Maritime Expeditions.
Naval exertions of the nations between the Rhine
and Elbe
Voyage of Francs from the Euxine
Its effects on the Saxons
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The League of the SAXONS with other States; and their
Continental Aggrandizement.
Their league with the nations between the Rhine
Sequel of their History to the Period of the ANGLO-
The History of BRITAIN elucidated, from the Death of
MAXIMUS, in 388, to the final Departure of the
ROMANS.
Bede's chronology of this period erroneous
383-388. Rise and fall of Maximus
Rise and actions of Alaric
406.
Progress of the Goths
Gildas compared with the imperial writers
Movements of the legions in Britain
Germans excited by Stilicho to invade Gaul
Revolt of the troops in Britain; Constantine
chosen their emperor
He leaves Britain
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The History of BRITAIN between the Departure of the
ROMANS and the Invasion of the SAXONS.
THE MANNERS OF THE SAXONS IN THEIR PAGAN STATE.
On the Menology and Literature of the Pagan SAXONS.
The Saxon months
On their alphabetical characters
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BOOK III.
CHAP. I.
The Arrival of HENGIST.-His Transactions and Wars
with the BRITONS, and final Settlement in KENT.
ELLA arrives in SUSSEX, and founds a Kingdom there.-
CERDIC invades the South Part of the Island, and esta-
blishes the Kingdom of WESSEX. - Battles of his Succes-
sors with the BRITONS.
Ancient BRITISH Accounts of the Battles with the WEST
SAXONS; and the authentic History of ARTHUR.
CHAP. IV.
Establishment of the ANGLO-SAXONS in EAST ANGLIA,
MERCIA, and ESSEX. Arrival of IDA in NORTHUM-
BERLAND. Battles with the BRITONS.-Kingdoms of
BERNICIA and DEIRA.
History of the ANGLO-SAXON Octarchy, and its further
Successes against the BRITONS, to the beginning of the
Seventh Century.