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28. Then was the captain who was encamp- ed at Battenkill, commanded to go forth with his company to the help of his brethren, and he did fo.

19. And the chief captain, even Burgoyne^ and all the people who were with him, jour- neyed along the borders of the river,* and they encamped nigh unto the plaint of Saratoga.

20. Now it came to pafs, that the people of the Provinces who follov^red after Starky fell upon the company who were with the German captain, and environed them round about; and the Barbarians were fmitten with fear and fled: neverthelefs three of their chief warriors were flain.

21. And it was about the third hour in the afternoon, when the people of the Provinces ruflicd in upon their enemies; and the breaking in of the men of war, was like the break-


 * Hudson River.

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