home, and he left the groaning Britons to shift for themselves.

Finally, the courage of despair forced them to act. They seemed to
have resolved to fight fire with fire. Acting on this resolution,
they accordingly invited a band of sea rovers to come and help them
against the Picts and Scots. The chiefs of these Jutes[1] or Saxon
pirates did not wait for a second invitation. Seizing their
"rough-handled spears and bronze swords," they set sail for the
shining chalk cliffs of Britain, 449(?). They put an end to the
ravages of the Picts and Scots. Then instead of going back to their
own country, they took possession of the best lands of Kent and
refused to give them up. (See map opposite.)

[1] The Jutes, Saxons, and Angles appear to have belonged to the same
Teutonic or German race. They inhabited the seacoast and vicinity,
from the mouth of the Elbe, northward along the coast of Denmark or
Jutland. These tribes which conquered England, and settled there,
remained for a long time hostile to each other, but eventually, they
united and came to be known as Anglo-Saxons or English. (See map
opposite.)

37. The Saxons and Angles conquer Britain.

The success of the first band of sea robbers in Britain (S36)
stimulated other bands to invade the island (477-541). They
slaughtered multitudes of Britons and made slaves of many more. The
conquerors named the parts of the country which they settled, from
themselves. Each independent settlement was hostile to every other.
Thus Sussex was the home of the South Saxons, Wessex of the West
Saxons, Essex of the East Saxons. (See map opposite.) Finally, a