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againft them, they dedroyed the ilores and fled.

3. And It grieved G^c?r^^, the chief captain, v^hen he was told that the flores were deflroy- ed, inafmuch as he had cautioned thofe who had the charge thereof to remove them to fecure places.

4. And another company of the people of Britain, went forth againft a town, the name thereof, was Danbury; and the number of the men was about two thoufand : and Try on ^ one of the king's governors was their cap- tain.

5. And they palTed along the high-way of the country, eight fccre furlongs; and no man faid ought unto them. And the few men who were in the town to defend it, iied.

6. And they burned the houfes of all thofe who adhered to the great Sanhedrim. How- beit they fpared the houfes of the fc£l of the lories, and burned not their habitations.