nd > embankment; _hence:_ wall (see 411.36)

9 Which from Alcluith to Panwelt did that border bound.

Alcluith > (Possibly the modern Dumbarton)
Panwelt > (Not identifiable)

210.64

Three sonnes he dying left, all vnder age;
2 By meanes whereof, their vncle _Vortigere_
Vsurpt the crowne, during their pupillage;
4 Which th'Infants tutors gathering to feare,
Them closely into _Armorick_ did beare:
6 For dread of whom, and for those Picts annoyes,
He sent to _Germanie_, straunge aid to reare,
8 From whence eftsoones arriued here three hoyes
Of _Saxons_, whom he for his safetie imployes.

1 Three sons he, dying, left, all under age;

Three sons > (Constans, Aurelius Ambrosius, Uther Pendragon)

2 By means whereof, their uncle Vortigern

Vortigern > (Fl. c. 450; we have it on the authority of Bede that he
enlisted the aid of the Jutes, under Hengest and Horsa, in the
fight of the Britons against the Picts and the Scots. However,
the name "Vortigern" may well refer to more than one historical
character, and may have been a mere title)

3 Usurped the crown during their pupillage;
4 Which the infants' tutors, gathering to fear,

Which > [Which action]
infants' > princes'; children's (the children are Aurelius Ambrosius
and Uther Pendragon, Constans having been murdered by order of
Vortigern)

5 Them closely into Armorica did bear:

closely > secretly
Armorica > (Also called Aremorica: in ancient times the NW part of
France, between the mouths of the Seine and Loire. Later this
name became more or less synonymous with that of Brittany)

6 For dread of whom, and for those Picts' annoys,

for > [for dread of]
annoys > molestations

7 He sent to Germany, strange aid to rear,

He > [Vortigern]
strange > foreign

8 From whence eftsoons arrived here three hoys

eftsoons > soon afterwards
hoys > small ships (esp. for carrying passengers. They are
described as "large ships", and "brigandines, or long galleys,
full of armed men" at _HRB_ 8.10. The landing is generally
believed to have been in the year 449. The main force of Saxons
arrived later)

9 Of Saxons, whom he for his safety employs.

Saxons > (First mentioned by Ptolemy in the 2nd century, these were
originally inhabitants of the lower Elbe Valley. They were a
warlike people who spread mainly to the south and west; they
landed in Britain in 449. By the end of the sixth century they