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8. Kowbelt, Horatio was not cafl: down for thefe things; for the fpirit of a man was in him, and wifdom fortified his mind againft: the evils that were allotted to him.
9. Ke remembered that the celebrated Bard* of Albion faid : " This is the (late of " man : — To-day he puts forth the tender "leaves of hope, to-morrow bloilbms, and
- • bears his bluililng honours thick upon him;
" the third day comes a froil, a killing frod j " and when he thinks, good eafy man, full " furely his greacnefs is a ripening — ^nips his " root, . and then he falls V
10. And it came to pafs, that Nathaniel was appointed chief captain of the Southern army; and he fet out on his journey, and came to Hiillioorough on the day of the month before-mentioned,
11. Now the. heart of Nathaniel was not ^^ lifted up becaufe of this thing; inafmuch as
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