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8. And the governor, 'whob:^ fur-name was Elliot, and all the foldiers in the hold, gat great honor; the fervants of the two kings, failed to accompliih their enterprife, but were cafl: down in their minds, as thou mayefl read In the book of Ramsay the fcribe, and alfo in the book of the fiege, written by an officer of the garrifon.

9. For the fcribe holdeth it not expedient at this time, to record the a6i:s of nations who were at war with the king of Britain, fave on- ly the people of the Provinces, with whom he hath fojourned from the days of his youth,

10. Know then, that the great Sanhedrim, being mindful of their brethren in the South- ern Provinces, appointed Lincoln to be chief captain, who was to order the batile againft the men of Britain, and to lead forth the peo- ple of the Provinces againft them.

11. He was a valiant man, and dwelt in the Southern province, called Carolina^ and