ii.] [** Gildas, Chron.Sax.

H.Hunting, lib.

ii.] [*** M.West.

H.Hunting, lib.

ii.] The Saxons, soon after the landing of Hengist, had been planted in Northumberland; but as they met with an obstinate resistance, and made but small progress in subduing the inhabitants, their affairs were in so unsettled a condition, that none of their princes for a long time assumed the appellation of king.