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14. Bat it came to pafs, that there was a great florm; and the rains defcended, and the floods came and beat upon the hoft, and the men of Britain were difcomfited.
15. And the fear of G^cr^d", captain of all the armies of Columbia, fell upon them, even upon the chief captain, and the army of Bri- tain; and they fled into the /hips of the king of Britain.
16. Now there were two fedls fpread over all the land of Columbia; the name of the one fe£l was whigs, and the name of the other fe£t was tories.
1 7. And it came to pafs, that the fed of the whigs, prevailed and grew flronger and flronger, and the fedl of the tories grew weaker and weaker.
18. Now the tories were counted as the olF- fcouring of all things; and they were fain to hide themfelves in the clifts of the rocks, and in the thick forefts of Columbia; and the foles of their htt found no reft, becaufe of their enemies j neverthelefs, there were fome
