And having done this last good office to the inhabitants, they bid a final adieu to Britain, about the year 448; after being masters of the more considerable part of it during the course of near four centuries.
[FN [p] See note [A] at the end of the volume.

[q] Gildas.

Bede, lib.1.cap.12.

Paul.Diacon.

[r] Bede, lib.1.cap.12 [s] Ibid.] [MN The Britons.] The abject Britons.