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kinr^ of Britain, and the number of the men vjho were put into the fliips, were fixteen thoufand perfons.

15. Now George, the chief captain, and the principal men of the hod, mufed in their minds what this fhould mean, and fome faid one thing, and fome another. And there were divers opinions, for the dark clouds of uncertainty overfhadowed the devices of Wil* Ham, the chief captain.

16. And after much conjedure, and twen- ty days were palled, after that the hod of Bri- tain had gone into the fnips, lo! it was re- ported to the chief captain of the people of the provinces, that the men of Britain were land- ed at a certain place called the Head of Elkj, in the province of Maryland.

17. Then the hod of the people of the provinces hadened forwards to meet the army of Britain. Now there were but about eight thoufand fighting men that v/ere able to go out to war with Gorge, the chief captain.