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name was Hazk'woody cind he alfo received a fword.

13. Now the implements that were put into the river to keep the fhips of the king from coming to the city, were flrong and many;

14. They were made of the large fir-trees of Columbia, and they Vv'ere put one upv3n another, and large pieces of barbed iron ^;rere faftened thereto; and when they were faihi- cned together, they were let down into the waters of the river.

15. And the machines with the barbed Iron pointed towards the fhips, and lo! when the fl^ips came upon the points of the barbed iron, they were marred, and the waters of the river ruflied into the (Hpc, and they v/cre filled with the waters of the river.