Excerpt from The Conquest of Britain by the Saxons: A Harmony of the "Historia Britonum," the Writings of Gildas, the "Brut," and the Saxon Chronicle, With Reference to the Events of the Fifth and Sixth Centuries The difficulties, which have hitherto beset the investigation Of the history, have arisen, for the most part, from the adop tion of erroneous dates. These, more than anything else, have tended to throw the imputation of falsehood, on authorities as trustworthy as any of those on whom we are obliged to de pend for the history of the middle ages, Gildas, and the authors of the History of the Britons, and the Brut; and we have been deprived of the benefit Of their evidence, because, as false witnesses, they have been put out of court. Their character will be sufficiently vindicated in the follow ing pages; but I cannot avail myself of their assistance with out premising a few words, as to the authorship of the works which bear these names, and the grounds of my reliance on their testimony. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.