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bedrini, and the number of men who were thus gathered, were about eight hundred per- foas.

14. And when Johnf.n heard thereof, he

went forth to lie in wait for the people.

And about fcven hundred barbarians and a

number of the fe6t of the tories followed af- ter hiai.

15. They hid themfelves in the wildernefs! they couched down as a lion, and as a young hon they watched for their prey! yea, ihey thiriled for the blood of their enemies, even as the way-faring man thirfteth for the brooks ol water, when he is faint with heat.

16. And the people who were with HerkL mer journeyed forwards in the fimpliciry of their hearts, for they will not that there were liers in wait!

17. And it came to pafs, as they journey- ed forwards, that the hers in wait arofe out of their fecret places, and fell upon the peo- ple who were with Herkimer^ and flew leven