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ern army, and Horatio and Benedicl gat great honour; and an account of their valiant ads, were recorded in the books of the great San- hedrim.

CHAP. XXXV.

Sir William Howe prepares to etnhark for En-* gland; is succeeded in command by Sir Heiirf Clinton^ Unsuccessful expedition of the Mar-^ quis la Fayette.

iNI O W the time drew nigh, when William, chief captain of all the armies of the king, in the land of Columbia, was to refign his captainfhip to another; and depart to the Illand of Britain, to give an account of his warfare to George^ the king j and to the great Council of the Kingdom.

2. And the captains of the hoil aflembled themfelvcs together, and prepared a great

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