The British thus gained a respite, and peace lasted at least until the time Gildas was writing: that is, for perhaps forty or fifty years, from around the end of the 5th century until midway through the sixth.
Deste xeito, os britanos conseguiron un respiro e a paz durou polo menos até o tempo en que Xildas escribiu: isto é, talvez, un período dun corenta ou cincuenta anos, de finais do século V a mediados do século VI.