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3. Then he gathered together a band of men, and they were gathered together :

4. And the fur-name of the captain was Baylor; he comrnanded a company of horfe- men : and they took their way towards a cer- tain place, called in the vernacular tongue. Old Tapaan; and being weary with hard travelling, they tarried there.

5. And when ic was night, and the horfe- men were fallen afieep; lo! the men of Bri- tain, who followed after Grey^ fell fuddenly upon them, and Hew them with a great fiaughter.

6. Howbeli:, a certain captain of the men. of Britain, fpared about forty perfons, and they became captive to the men of Britain : he was not like unto Grey^ the captain, for his bowels yearned towards the people, whea they pleaded for their lives.

7. O mercy, how amiable art thou at ail times! and what is ti:ie warrior without thee! is he not a bfirbariau? a monfter fet loofe to