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dred and eighty.firft year of the Chrillian He- gira, was the town given up to the people of the Provinces; and all the armed men were made captives, and the inftruments of war, and the treafures of the king of Britain were taken.
1 8. Now when the report thereof, was fpread abroad into all lands, it was caufe of aftonifhment; inafmuch as it was a ftrange thing to hear of an army of the king of Bri- tain, going into captivity; furthermore, it was known that Corniiallis was a mighty man of valor, and the men of Britain who were with him, were all valiant men.
19. The fed of the toiies, believed it not 5 they were confounded I they fhut their ears at the report thereof: they faid one to another, lo! now the fons of Belial, even the led of the whigs, fcigneth this thing out of their own mouths, that the king's friends may be difcouraged.
