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were put therein; and the ililp moved along on the face of the water, and came agamO: the hinder part of the hold.

9. And when the garrifon faw the flJp, and the armed men ready with the inftruments of war, all hopes of refulance vaniflied j for their dedroying engines were rendered ufe- lefs, and the means of defence were deftrcyed.

1 o. Nov/ it came to pafs, when it was night, that the men v;ho were in the hold, efcaped to the province of Jerfey, to the flrong hold that was built on the portion of ground that belonged to James,

11. And the captain U'ho was over the men in the hold, gat great honor; his fur-name was Smith; moreover the great Sanhedeim gave him a fword of fme carved work, the work of the hand of the cunning workman!

12. Now there were feveral fnips that Vv^ere armed v^ith the dedroying engines, and they annoyed the navy of Britain, and the captain of the fnips alio gat great honor j his fur-