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were in great abundance in the forefts of Co- lumbia; and there was no need to fend to Tyre and Sidon for workmen to hew the timber, for the men of Columbia were well fkilled in all fuch matters.

5. Now the merchants fent every year, great (lore of the boards of the ct Jar and of the fir tree to the countries afar off, and the merchants fold them at a certain price, and the wealth of other nations came into the land of Columbia as a flowing flream.

6. And it was fo, that as William^ the chief captain, entered into the city, many of the inhabitants came out to do him honor.

7. Now the great Sanhedrim had deputed Benja?nin to go and m^ake affinity with Louis ^ the king of Gaul, that he might fend and help the people of the provinces againfl their mighty adverfaries, the men of Britain.

8. For the king of Gaul and Giorge^ the king of Britain, were often at w^r with eack

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