Sax^'ns  i>-.'r>isti.l  in  tin*  >'wz*\  and  at  and  his  sod  Cynrio  suivoedt-d  to  ti.t

la>t  it  tt'il  t-itlii'ni,  when,  t'xa>i)oratcd  tmublesome  ta^<k  of  ti:j:ht:ni:  f-«r  lid

with  thf  inTsisttMU'e  of  the  inhabit-  tlirone.     For  oitihtv  years  tKm  the

ants,  they  i»ut  th«Mn  all  to  the  >word,  time  of  their  tirst  landinj:  did  tht.v!

iiMt    loavinLT  a  >\n.:\v  Urit-'H  alive.*  West  Saxons  fiirht,  until  tli'va-iiuirt-l

This  was  the  f.uiudati.>ii   uf  S.-uth  Hampshire,  Wiltshire,    BuVks,  tLrn

h^ax'»ny,  a  kinird'-ni  whi-li  nrvir  be-  (il««ueester  and  .Sumcrsetshire.  Ai-jut

eanie  \:ivat,  and   has,  tlnTil-'ie,  re-  the  year  5:27,  when  the  West  Sax- cs

et'ivnl  vt-ry  little  n-'tire  in  hi>t>»ry.  were  p-nsoiidatin^  their  kinpMiuin

Nrarly  ei::htit!i  yoar^  r«'Ile»l  by.  whrn  the  south,  whide  tribes  of  adveuturf-rs

anotl.I  r  drs.-rii:  was  made  by  a  bami  of  that  active  race,  attracte«l  by  tLe

of  AiiltIj  s  wi:«»  were  destined  uhi-  sureess  of  their  brethren,  wh'.»  vc:«

niatrly  t'l  ab-:nn»  all  the  re>t  into  one  Woming  kings  and  princes  in  this

(h»miiii<'n.     In  the  year  41*5  Cerdic,  fair  island,  forsook  the  prei'arioue  life

with  live  sliips,  arrived  otl"  the  coast,  of  piracy  and  plunder,  lauded  on  the

eitlior  at  Varni-inth  »>r  Southampton,  eastern  coa.st  of  Britain,  and  f'yu^hi

it  is  inip'oiblr  to  ascertain  which,  their  way  into  the  interior.    Out  of

opini'-ns    bi  inL'    <l:vided    as  to  the  these  invasions, but  not  without  much

piisition  of  the  place  mentioned   in  struggling  and  many  battles,  an«

the  Saxon  ('e.r.ini-le  as  ( 'erdirs-Ore.  three  new  kingdoms'- East  Anulia  in

Cerdic  met  witli  a  more  vigorous  oi>-  r>7ri,  founded  by  Uffa  ;  Mercia,  o^\

])(»siti"»Ti  than  all  his  ])redec«.'s>nrs,  and  by  Crida  ;  an<l  Last  Saxony,  or  E^s^x.
