differencesreconciled，alliancesformed，contributionsimposed，wiseresolutionsoftenconcerted，andsometimesexecuted；andthereisreasontobelieve，that，inmomentsofextremedanger，aPendragon，orDictator，waselectedbythegeneralconsentoftheBritons。Thesepastoralcares，soworthyoftheepiscopalcharacter，wereinterrupted，however，byzealandsuperstition；
andtheBritishclergyincessantlylaboredtoeradicatethePelagianheresy，whichtheyabhorred，asthepeculiardisgraceoftheirnativecountry。^189
[Footnote179:Ioweittomyself，andtohistorictruth，todeclare，thatsomecircumstancesinthisparagrapharefoundedonlyonconjectureandanalogy。Thestubbornnessofourlanguagehassometimesforcedmetodeviatefromtheconditionalintotheindicativemood。]
[Footnote180:Zosimus，l。vi。p。383。]
[Footnote181:TwocitiesofBritainweremunicipia，ninecolonies，tenLatiijuredonatoe，twelvestipendiarioeofeminentnote。ThisdetailistakenfromRichardofCirencester，deSituBritanniae，p。36；andthoughitmaynotseemprobablethathewrotefromtheMss。ofaRomangeneral，heshowsagenuineknowledgeofantiquity，veryextraordinaryforamonkofthefourteenthcentury。