1806.] 
confiderable, confitting only of three long 
fhips, called Ad/er* (keels) manned with 
three hondred warriors. Habitations 
were in:tantly afligned to them in the ealt-_ 
erif parts of the country, firft in the Ifle 
of Thanet, afterwards in Kent. Sido- 
nius Apollinaris, who wrote fhortly after 
thofe times, (lve died in 482, as bithop of 
A.avergne,) greatly extols the Saxons for 
naval fkill and intrepidity. He fays, that 
at fea they accultomed themfelves by turns 
to obey and to command ; that no ftorm, 
no fhipwreck, no danger, could intimidate 
them ; that their attack was unexpected, 
but they were never furprifed ; that they 
were as dexterous in avoiding danger, as 
courageous to meet it. 
Hengft and Hors, on their arrival, the 
Jatter with Jutes, the former with Angles, 
though they were both from the city of 
Sletwic, obtained liberty of confcience, fo 
that they might unmolefed worfhip their 
gods Odin, hor, Freir, and Freia. 
Then they marched againft the Pitts and 
Scots, who had advanced to Stamford in 
Lincolnfhire, and repeiled them within 
their own confines, in which the Angles 
had great advantage of their axes and 
great (words, as their enemies only ufed 
javelins and lances. On this occafion 
Hors with bis Jutes obtained fettlements 
in Northumberland and Lindfey. Now 
as thefe brothers obferved that the coun- 
See ana 
befides, being defcended fromthe true Odin, 
what lefs could he be among thofe ignorant 
people, who believed in the tranfmigratipn of 
fouls, {this was one of the Odinian tenets,} 
than the god Odin himfelf ; an opinion which 
it feems he was by no means anxious to re- 
fute, as even he gave to feveral of his fons 
the names of the fons of Odin, withing to 
refemble him in every refpe&t. He was call- 
ed the Saxon Odin, becaufe thefe thtee na- 
tions whom he iaflociated were afterwards 
known by the general name of Saxons, as 
thefe were the moft powerful among them. 
He died the death of a warrior in the year 
330, leaving a numerous iffue, that furnifhed 
kiugs to feveral-nations. Some of his fons 
remained in Anglia and the adjoining iflands ; 
one of them he had alréady himfelf eftablith- 
/ed ina part of the prefent Pruffia, then call- 
éd Jarderike ; one became the king of Huns 
fingdw, in the prefent province of Gronin- 
gen. When Hume fays that Hengft and 
Hers were reputed to be f{prung from Wo- 
den, that is no contradiction to what is ftzted 
here, for Woden was the name of Odin 
among the nations of Germany. 
* Jonas Venutius, in original Danifh, re- 
lates that’the Jutes ftill fay 4é/, (keel,) for 
fhips; pars pro toto. 
L 
Settlement of the Anglo-Saxons in Britain, See 
try was rich and the inhabitants unwar- 
like, they fecretly fent intelligence of this 
to their countrymen, that they might come 
with greater force. To Vortigern: they 
reprefented that they wanted reinforce- 
ments effeciually to refift the Pigs and 
Scots. In 450 eighteen fhips arrived in 
Britain with Angles and Jutes, the men 
being, as cuftomary, chofen by the caft- 
ing of lots. Atterwards thefe emigra- 
tions became fo frequent, that the coun- 
tries of the Saxons, the Angles, and the 
Jutes, were ina great meafure ftripped of 
inhabitants, particularly that of, the Jat- 
ter, which was fora long time almoft uns 
inhabited. Their fuiccets induced many 
of the Saxons to the fouth of the Elbe, as 
alfo of the Frifians and the reat Danes, 
efpeciaily from the iflands, and even of 
the Norwegians and Swedes, to join fa 
their emigrations. And that the Angles 
and Saxons were nearly related to, and 
greatly intermixed with thofe Northern 
people, is proved by many cuftoms which - 
they had in common, for inftance the ufe of 
{moke-rooms ;* a kind of incantation nam- 
ed Galdur; the ufe.of fpeils and inchant. 
menis to weaken and diifrefs the enemy ; 
the names of Frode, Hengft, Hors, Uffe, 
Vermund, and others; the worfhip of 
Odin, Thor, &c. 3 and above all the fimi« 
larity of their languages. gees 
With thefe eighteen thips Rowen, the 
dauchter of Hengft, a very beautiful wo- 
man, came to Britain. At a banquet 
fhe on her knees prefented a golden cup 
filled with wine to Vortigern, faying, La- 
vard king uvs beil, that is, Live weil 
lord king. Vortigern afked the interpreter 
what fhe fail, was informed of it, and 
alfo that he was to antwer, Drizvk herl, 
that is, Drink well, or, May it do you 
good ; upon which fhe drank firff. He 
took the cupout of her hand, drank, and 
kiff-d her ; and was upon the fpot fo cap- 
tivated with her, that he immediately re- 
guefted, and, with the approbation of 
Hors and the other principal men, obtain- 
ed her of her father for bis wife, on con- 
dition that he fhould grant the Angles fet» 
tlements in the county of Kent. The 
fame evening the nuptials were celebra‘ed. 
By this Vortigern incurred the difaffec- 
tion both of his fone by his firft marrage, 
and of alk the Britofis, pecaufe he had 
married a Hearhen woman. : 
(To be continued.) 
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* That is, houfes without chimneys, hav- 
ing the fire-place jathe middle, and an opens 
ing in the roof for emitting the {moka 
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