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continued about half an hour, and the refidue made their efcape and fled,

20. Now the bellowings of the deflroying engines were heard afar off, and the iliouting of the men of war, refounded from fhore to fhore, and from province to province!

21. The flocks and the her<^s were driven from the paflures! they fought the thick fhade of the foreft! the hair of their flefli flood up at the found of the battle of the warriors!

22. The knees of the ancients fmote toge- ther! the terrors of death encompafled them round about! they eat their bread in fear, and their drink was mingled with their tears!

23. And the captain in the hold gat great honor, and the princes of the provinces, even the great Sanhedrim, gave him a fword of curious v/orkman(hip.

24. So the (Irong hold remained in the hands of the people of the provinces : aever-

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