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captain, and were come out againft them, ^ven a very great multitude.

4. For the hufbandmen had left the care of their flocks to the lads of their houfhold; and they thirfted after revenge, inafmuch as the men of the hod of Britain had deceived them.

5. For it was fo, that when the army of Britain was purfuing after the hofl of Colum- bia, that William, the chief captain, fpake fmooth v/ords unto them, and gave them a paper wherein it was written, that all thofe who demeaned themfelves peaceably fhould not come to any harm either in their perfons or pofTeflions, and this paper was called a pro*. tedion.

6. Ncverthelefs the foldiers regarded not the written paper, but did as they Hfted, and they fpoiled the people; and when any of the inhabitants of the provinces complained thereof to William, the chief captain, he turned a deaf ear to the cries of the people.