644                          Glastnnhui'y  Ah^fj^  Pftil  anj  J'/t^nt. [iurj.,

first  wli")  hoDonrs  the  fiitti.o  ruler.-  (.f  away  by  iiiunilatious,  aiid  tlieirlt. i>  <

the  \v»rlj  with  any  meiitiuii,  tiioii;L;li  aud  lives  often  imperii  I  ou,  ilin*  mi.t

thi.s  is  .scanty  enough. In  his  geo-  themselves  a  sort  of  wicker  boat,  made

gniphy*  there  occurs  a  passage  to  the  of  planks  bound  tojcjc-ther  with  wier

ert'nrt  that  a  race  Ciilled  "  tho  Saxons"  twigs  covered  with  skins,  and  reckless

livi'd  on  a  tract  of  land  on  the  neck  of  all  danger  put  to  sea  in  theix  crazy

of  tlie  Cinibric  Cheri^onesus,  at  the  vessels  to  try  their  fortunes  elsewLirs

north  of  the  river  Elbe,  ami  three  — a    people    badly    housed    in  the

ishinds  near  its  mouth. The  next  world,  but  bent  upon  finding  bet!?r

mention  made  of  them,  and  in  fact  quarters  somewhere — having  notjiit;

the  first  historic  mention,  is  by  Ku-  of  their  own  but  swampy  tieM.*  an-l

tn»pius,t  from  whom  we  learn  that  wretched  houses,  which  the  sea  niiiiiit

Carausius  was  sent  with  a  lleet  by  the  sweep  away  at  anytime,  their  fir*t

Ivoman  ;(ovornment  to  keep  in  chock  instinct  was  to  find  out  some  oncwho

the  depredations  committed  on  the  had    something    better  and  to  hy

B'^l^ian,  (rallic,  an<l  1  British  shores  liy  violent  hands  upon  it,  and  if  uec«lh^

tl.G  Franks  and  Saxons. The  inci-  upon  it«  possessor. It  was  a  pur!i'j;t

d»nits  of  that  early  i){»litical  apiK?ar-  for  which  they  were  in  many  ways

aiice  (»f  the  Saxon  we  will  just  review,  admirably  adapted  ;  they  know  kh

b<(';jnM.>  it  is  the  first  extant  record  thmg  of  danger,   or  rather  wc  an^

wo   havi'  of  his  pn's»'nce  U]n»n  the  told  they  gloried  in  danger ;  tiny  wi-:-.*

staiTC  of  Kuro])eaii  lir«». Alur  the  never  deterred  by  defeat,  anJ  its  tii-y

death  of  Soverus,  the  J  Ionian  uuvor-  found   from  the   neglected  state  •■:

nor  of  Britain,  the  country  be«amc  neighbouring  coasts,  asudilen  il»  >i  ■  iii

th  •  sport  of  petty  tyrantsau(Iusuri)ers,  made  occjisiomilly  would  suppiv  rinir

whnsc  authority  was  in  turn  rec<»u'-  wants,  this  mode   of  life  graiiuiiKy

nv-'fl  and  ovcrVnrown. 