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the city, aud placed the deflroying engines oa the banks of the river, left, peradventure, the armed ihips of Colambia iliould come and drive him from thence,

13. And it was (o that while the fervants of the king of Britain were doing thefe things, one of the armed fliips of Columbia came againd the town, and the name of the fhip"*. was called after the name of the river.

14. And the dedroying engines that were in the fliip, difcharged ffieir thunders upon the town : but it crane to pafs, that when the tide went down, the fhip ran upon the ground; and the mariners fj^ho were therein, feeing that all hope of eicaping >|as gone, delivered themfelves up to the men of Britain.

15. And the fnip became a prey to the fer- vants of the king of Britain, and the mari- ners were made captives.

16. Now while the men of Britain were


 * Dele ware Frigate.