The scanty id superficial civilization which the Britons had derived from their southern mas ters, was ed'uced by the calamities of the fifth century. In the continental kingdoms into which the Roman empire was then dissolved, the con querera learned much from the conquered race. In Britain the conquered race became as barba rous as the conquerors.

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