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going before the hofl of Columbia, he gat a wound in his foot; and he was maimed fo that he could not hold on his way, nor go out before the hoft as at other times.

21. Now the men of the hoft, loved Arthur, and v;ould fain have borne him on their fhould- ers, but he forbade them, and encouraged them to hold on their way.

2 2. And Arthur fat dovv^n under the thick branches of a tree; and there were certain other men with him, who were fo weary, that they were fain to abide with him.

23. And when they had refted themfelves, and were refrefhed, they arofe up and de- parted thence, left peradventure, they might fall into the hands of the men of Britain; and it was in the night when they departed from that place.

24. Then they journeyed onwards : how- heit, they v/ere faint, for they had taken no food for two days and tv/o nights. And on the morning of the third day, fome of the