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CHAP. XXXIII.

fhe Britlih army distressed ajid nearly surround' id — their provision begins to grow scarce — en- deavour to extricate t be^ns elves, but are repul- sed with considerable lost. Intrepidity cfGene^ ral Arnold, General Frazier slain,

JN O W after Burgoyne the chief captain had •waited until the appointed time, and no help appeared, when provifions for the hod began to fail J then he drew forth about fifteen hun- dred chofen men, and went to view the hofl of the people of the Provinces.

2. And he hoped to have found out a way, whereby he might deliver himfelf from the danger that furrounded him : and two chief captains were with him, namely, Fhillips and Reidesel-

3. And as they were going towards the hofl of Columbia, lo! they w^ere met in the way by fome of the fervants of the great Sanhe- drim.