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the province, to remain quiet,?.nd wait the iflue of the war between the king of Britain, and the people of the Provinces.

3. And they fpake and fald : Jf the king of Britain fhould prove too flrongfor the peo- ple of the Provinces, then we will be fubjed to the king; but if the people of the Provin- ces fnould prove too flrong for the king of Britain, then we will ferve the great Sanhe- drim, and be as the refl of iho. Provinces.

4. Howbeit, Frcvost T\'ould hearken to pone of thcfe thincrs, but commanded that the men in the town fhould deliver themfelves captives to the fervants of the king of Bri- tain.

5. Notwithdanding, when Prevost was told i\i2ii Lincoln was nigh at hand, and a lagre company with him, he departed from the tc'vvn CO the fea-coaft, not ^^xy far from the town.

6. And there they pitched their tents; and i\it people of the Provinces, under Lincoln ^