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fliips, and made all fpeed to war with the fea captains of the ifiand of Britain.

12. And a captain* of one of ths fhips that the Snhedrim fent out, found a fiiip that v;as going to the army which was en- camped in the town; and the fiiip was iadeu with all implements for war, to ftrengthen the hofl of the king of Britain.

13. And the mariners were made captives, and the fliip was taken into a haven that be- longed to the people of the provinces : and when they were unloading the fhip, lo! they found great flore of the deftroying engines; fome of them were of brals, and fome of iron:: and the people rejoiced greatly,

14. And the other captains did even as the former captain had done; and they tof k cap- tive many of the fhips of the king of Britain^ with the mariners thereof, and the ftrength ^ Columbia was encreafed thereby^