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Rh 's face, ſhall ſee thoſe Scars and Cuts there, that ſhall eaſily give demonſtration of what I ſay. Yea once I heard he mould fay, (and that when he was in the Combat) We deſpaired even of life: How did theſe ſturdy Rogues and their Fellows make David groan, mourn, and roar? Yea Heman, and Hezekiah too, though Champions in their day, were forced to beſtir them, when by theſe aſſaulted; and yet, that notwithſtanding, they had their Coats foundly bruſhed by them. Peter upon a time would go try what he could do; but, though ſome do ſay of him that he is the Prince of the Apoſtles, they handled him ſo, that they made him at laſt afraid of a ſorry Girle.

Beſides, their King is at their Whittle, he is never out of hearing; and if at any time they be put to the worſt, he, if poſſible, comes in to help them: And, of him it is ſaid, The Sword of him that layeth at him cannot hold the Spear, the Dart, nor the Habergeon; heeſteemeth Iron as Straw, and Braſs as rotten Wood, The Arrow cannot make him flie, Slingſtones are turned with him into ſtubble, Darts are