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thin^-^s by Guy? will not he count us as ali- ens, and as enemies to the king of Britain?

6. So we (hall be taken in an evil net, and our flocks and our herds will become a prey, and our wives and our little ones will be cut off from the fruits of the earth! and we fhall have none inheritance amongfi: our brethren.

7. And when the captains of the hod of Columbia, heard thefe things, thy were trou- bled for the inhabitants of the land.

8. But they fpake and faid unto them, Ir IS not for man to know the hidden things of futurity, nor for the fons of men to tell what will come to pafs! if it had been fo, then this thing would not have happened unto us,

9. But is it not known unto you, that Guy is purfuing after us with a mighty hoft from the ifland of Britain, and that we are in jeo- pardy every hour? neverthelefs, if you will cad in your lots with us, and go with us to our own borders, then ye Ihall eat the good of the land, and verily ye fhall be free.