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14, Now the men of Britain journeyed to- vards the fea coafl, and they came to the town of Alien.*=

15. And when George the chief captain heard thereof, he fent a valiant man, whofe fur-name was Wayne, he was alfo a chief cap- tain; and Robert, who was of the order of the prieflhood, and who had received his or- dination from the bifhop of the city of Lud, expounded the law of Moses to the people; this man even Robert, journeyed with them and became their minifter; he was no Phari- fee, neither was he the fon of a Pharifee, but the fpirit of charity refiied upon him.

i6j And Fayett, the nobleman from the kingdom of Gaul, was alfo with them, and he commanded the foremoft company.

17. Now Les, who had revolted from the king of Britain, and who had joined himfelf to the people of the Provinces, had been new- ly relcafedfrora his captivity, for the men of


 * Allen's Town.