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 * 54 American Revolutions

9. Moreover, they gave him a medal of pure gold, of tine carved work, wrought by the hands of a cunning workman, that his children and his children's children to many generations, might know of his valiant acts^ and emulate his fame.

10. But it came to pafs, after thefe things, that the men of Britain, even a fmall compa- ny of them, were profperous in another place, even at Penobfcot; where they built a ftrong hold, and placed a garrifon of foldiers there- in j and the name of the captain of the garri- fon, was Maclean ff^

11. And when the people of the town of Boflon, knew of a certainty that the men of Britain were ftrengthening themfelves at Pen- obfcot they were troubled.

12. And they fpake and faid. Come let us go agalnft the fervants of the king of Bri- tain, and chace them from our borders before thdy become too ftrong for us, (for the hold was not yet fmifhed.)