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other. And when Benjamin was told that William had taken the chief city of the pro- vinces, he anfwered and faid j

9. Say not ye in your hearts that William hath taken the city, but rather fay that the city hath taken William; for is he not hem- med in by the hod of the people of the pro- vinces on one fide, and by the waters of the river on the other fide?

10. Now Benja?7iin appeared as though he regarded not thefe things; and it wasfo, that all the people heard him g;^a.lly, and he was highly e (teemed in the kingdom of Gaul, and was called a philofopher, which by interpret tation fignificth a lover of wifdom.

1 1. And it came to pafs, after that William^ the chief captain of the hod of Brhain, had gotten into the city, that George, the chief captain of the hofi: of Columbia, drew nigh unto the men of Britain who were encamped at Germantown.

12. And Wi!Iia?n flrengthened himfelf in