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I;^3 American Revolution,

CHAP. XVIIL

General Uoive fends forth a PrccIamatiGn^?nnn'J take ike benefit thereof^ and make their leace.

OW when the captain of the hod of Bricain knev/ of a certainty, tl^.at the people of the provinces were Icatrered away froin George^ the chief captain, he was lifted up in his mind and faid within himfclf,

2. Lo! now thefe people will alTuredly re- turn back again, and ferve the king of Bri- tain; our warfare is nearly accompli/lied; the hands of the mighty hang down; fear hath overtaken the warriors; they W'ill rife no more; they are as the reed that groweth by the fide of the rivers, which boweth down to the earth at every blail!

3. Boaft not O mighty man! The people whom thou fcorneft are afihded, but not forfaken; they will return in an hour when thou lookefl not for them; they will come upon thee unawares, and lay thy glory in the dufl.