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engines, the flilps and the merchandize 5 fur- thermore, they took captive, one fcore and eighteen officers, and one fcore and three mortars, pari of which were madeofbrafs, and part of iron.
9. The chief town of the province, and a- bundance of fpoil, and large (lores of provi- fion for the hoft; all thefe things did the men of Britain take in the fpace of a few hours.
10. And after this, it came to pafs, that a chief captain, whofe fur-name was Frevost^ and a large company of the fervants of the king of Britain, joined the former company, and they became one band, and pitched their tents in that place.
11. Then the people of the Provinces who had efcaped from the battle, fled up the river and efcaped, and many of them went to their own habitations; for their fpirits were funk- en, becaufe of the men of Britain,
12. And there was peace throughout the
