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king : now the foldiers that were hired of the German princes were in the fhips, and a vafl flore of all the implements for war.

3. And they cad anchor nigh unto a certain liland,* and the inhabitants thereof rejoiced with feeming great joy : and there was about two hundred men on the ifland, who gave up their names to fight under the banners of the king of Britain.

4. And the governor of that province and certain men with him, went in an armed fhip to meet William^ the chief captain, and they were comforted with each other j " For as iron fharpeneth iron, fo doth the countenance of a man his friend.*'

5. And when the princes of the provinces, even the great Sanhedrim of the people, knew of a certainty that the king of Britain had hired flrangers to come againfl the people of the provinces, and were told what had been done againfl them in the great council of the

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