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6. Then they haflily conckidcd that the chief captain fhould fend a deputation to Ho' ratio^ chief captain of the hoft of Columbia, and that he fhould fend propofals of peace.

7' And it came to pafs, that the chief cap- tain fent a meifenger to Horatio^ and the mef- fenger v;as inftructed to obtain an anfwer from Horatio^ that would accord with the defire of the counfel.

8. Now when Horatio was told that amef- fengtr was coming from the hoft of Britain, and that the enfign* of peace was carried be- fore him, heordered the men of v/ar to bring him into his prefence :

9. And he entreated him Idndly, and he fent an anfwer of peace to Burgoytie the chief captain, and he fent certain propofals; and the fcribe of the hoft wrote the propofals on paper, and Horatio fealed the paper with his own fignet 5 and the meifenger departed,

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